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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes: Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different.
         

Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different.


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