User:ListenerX/On Dogmatism
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“”I never yet encountered the mere mathematician who could be trusted out of equal roots, or one who did not clandestinely hold it as a point of his faith that
was absolutely and unconditionally equal to . Say to one of these gentlemen, by way of experiment, if you please, that you believe occasions may occur where is not altogether equal to , and, having made him understand what you mean, get out of his reach as speedily as convenient, for, beyond doubt, he will endeavor to knock you down. |
| —Edgar Allan Poe, The Purloined Letter. |
was absolutely and unconditionally equal to
. Say to one of these gentlemen, by way of experiment, if you please, that you believe occasions may occur where