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Mathematical knowledge is not-as all cambridge men are surely aware-the result of any special gift. it is merely the development of those conceptions of form and number which every human being possesses; and any person of average intellect can make himself a fair mathematician if he will only pay continuous attention; in plain english, think enough about the subject.
-Charles Kingsley
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Mathematical Knowledge Is Not-as All Cambridge Men

Charles Kingsley
Mathematical knowledge is not-as all cambridge men are surely aware-the result of any special gift. it is merely the development of those conceptions of form and number which every human being possesses; and any person of average intellect can make himself a fair mathematician if he will only pay continuous attention; in plain english, think enough about the subject.
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