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Nationality: French Type: Mathematician Born: March 23, 1749 Death: March 5, 1827 |
“Down the mine I dreamed of cricket; I bowled imaginery balls in the dark; I sent the stumps spinning and heard them rattling in the tunnels. No mishap was going to stop me from bowling in the real game, especially this one.”
“Have any of our friends got off the Island with their families, or what must they submit to? Despotism or destruction, I fear, is their fate.”