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― Freedom Flight
― Freedom Flight
“As Aristotle noted long ago, the widespread use today of the decimal system is but the result of the anatomical accident that most of us are born with ten fingers and ten toes.”
― A History of Mathematics
― A History of Mathematics
“Falstaff’s wistful self-portrait is poignant since it suggests his forlorn wish that he somehow could be a father to Hal. That longing has in it the seed of self-destruction.”
― Falstaff: Give Me Life
― Falstaff: Give Me Life
“Haggard is concerned not so much by cultural specifics as by the transience and fragility of all cultures.”
― King Solomon's Mines
― King Solomon's Mines
“The analytical power should not be confounded with simple ingenuity; for while the analyst is necessarily ingenious, the ingenious man is often remarkably incapable of analysis.”
― The Dupin Tales
― The Dupin Tales
Jacob’s 2025 Year in Books
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