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 |
“Now I have finished with all earthly business, and high time too. Yes, yes, my dear child, now comes death.”