Quote#World
There is proof enough furnished by every science, but by none more…
Quote byBenjamin Peirce · 1809–1880
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ben Yamen's Song of Geometry (1853).
English (original)
There is proof enough furnished by every science, but by none more than geometry, that the world to which we have been allotted is peculiarly adapted to our minds, and admirably fitted to promote our intellectual progress.
— Benjamin Peirce
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