It Is Not Of The Essence Of

It Is Not Of The Essence Of Mathematics To Be Conversant With The Ideas Of Number And Quantity.

No Matter How Correct A Mathematical Theorem May Appear To Be, One Ought Never To Be Satisfied That There Was Not Something Imperfect About It Until It Also Gives The Impression Of Being Beautiful.

That Language Is An Instrument Of Human Reason, And Not Merely A Medium For The Expression Of Thought, Is A Truth Generally Admitted.

To Unfold The Secret Laws And Relations Of Those High Faculties Of Thought By Which All Beyond The Merely Perceptive Knowledge Of The World And Of Ourselves Is Attained Or Matured, Is A Object Which Does Not Stand In Need Of Commendation To A Rational Mind.

I Am Now About To Set Seriously To Work Upon Preparing For The Press An Account Of My Theory Of Logic And Probabilities Which In Its Present State I Look Upon As The Most Valuable If Not The Only Valuable Contribution That I Have Made Or Am Likely To Make To Science And The Thing By Which I Would Desire If At All To Be Remembered Hereafter.