But The Creative Principle Resides In Mathematics.

The Consequence Was A Positively Fanatic [orgy Of] Freethinking Coupled With The Impression That Youth Is Being Deceived By The State Through Lies; It Was A Crushing Impression

Bear In Mind That The Wonderful Things You Learn In Your Schools Are The Work Of Many Generations. All This Is Put In Your Hands As Your Inheritance In Order That You May Receive It, Honor It, Add To It, And One Day Faithfully Hand It On To Your Children.

The Opinion Prevailed Among Advanced Minds That It Was Time That Belief Should Be Replaced Increasingly By Knowledge; Belief That Did Not Itself Rest On Knowledge Was Superstition, And As Such Had To Be Opposed.

The Trite Objects Of Human Efforts-possessions, Superficial Success, Luxury-have Always Seemed Contemptible To Me.

Without The Sense Of Fellowship With Men Of Like Mind, Of Preoccupation With The Objective, The Eternally Unattainable In The Field Of Art And Scientific Research, Life Would Have Seemed To Me Empty.