Mathematics/history

Famous quotes containing the words mathematics and/or history:

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

“The history of reform is always identical; it is the comparison of the idea with the fact. Our modes of living are not agreeable to our imagination. We suspect they are unworthy. We arraign our daily employments.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)