Constant/mathematics

Famous quotes containing the words constant and/or mathematics:

    Genius detects through the fly, through the caterpillar, through the grub, through the egg, the constant individual; through countless individuals the fixed species; through many species the genus; through all genera the steadfast type; through all the kingdoms of organized life the eternal unity. Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
    John Adams (1735–1826)