I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery.
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Nationality: French Type: Mathematician Born: March 31, 1596 Death: February 11, 1650 |
That odd idea that one person can go to a foreign part and in this rather odd voice describe it to the folks back home doesn't make much sense in the post-colonial world.
I don't fight the suburban areas or collar counties. I get along with them; they're former Chicagoans anyway.

