The mathematics is not there till we put it there.
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If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum.
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We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown.
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Oh leave the Wise our measures to collate. One thing at least is certain, light has weight. One thing is certain and the rest debate. Light rays, when near the Sun, do not go straight.
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It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star.
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