A mathematician of the first rank, Laplace quickly revealed himself as only a mediocre administrator from his first work we saw that we had been deceived. Laplace saw no question from its true point of view he sought subtleties everywhere had only doubtful ideas, and finally carried the spirit of the infinitely small into administration.
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