Mathematics Knows No Races Or Geographic Boundaries;

However Unapproachable These Problems May Seem To Us And However Helpless We Stand Before Them, We Have, Nevertheless, The Firm Conviction That Their Solution Must Follow By A Finite Number Of Purely Logical Processes.

How Thoroughly It Is Ingrained In Mathematical Science That Every Real Advance Goes Hand In Hand With The Invention Of Sharper Tools And Simpler Methods Which, At The Same Time, Assist In Understanding Earlier Theories And In Casting Aside Some More Complicated Developments.

For Us There Is No Ignorabimus, And In My Opinion None Whatever In Natural Science. In Opposition To The Foolish Ignorabimus Our Slogan Shall Be: "we Must Know - We Will Know!"

A Mathematical Problem Should Be Difficult In Order To Entice Us, Yet Not Completely Inaccessible, Lest It Mock At Our Efforts. It Should Be To Us A Guide Post On The Mazy Paths To Hidden Truths, And Ultimately A Reminder Of Our Pleasure In The Successful Solution.

Mathematical Science Is In My Opinion An Indivisible Whole, An Organism Whose Vitality Is Conditioned Upon The Connection Of Its Parts.