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Mr. Gregory: Late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and author of…
Quote byGeorge Boole · 1815–1864
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: George Boole "Mr Boole on a General Method in Analysis," Philosophical Transactions, Vol. 134 (1844), p. 279, Footnote.
English (original)
Mr. Gregory: Late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and author of the -well-known Examples. Few in so short a life have done so much for science. The high sense which I entertain of his merits as a mathematician, is mingled with feelings of gratitude for much valuable assistance rendered to me in my earlier essays.
— George Boole
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