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My Theory Stands As Firm As A Rock; Every Arrow Directed Against It Will Return Quickly To Its Archer. How Do I Know This? Because I Have Studied It From All Sides For Many Years; Because I Have Examined All Objections Which Have Ever Been Made Against The Infinite Numbers; And Above All Because I Have Followed Its Roots, So To Speak, To The First Infallible Cause Of All Created Things.

-Georg Cantor

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My Theory Stands As Firm As A

My Theory Stands As Firm As A Rock; Every Arrow Directed Against It Will Return Quickly To Its Archer. How Do I Know This? Because I Have Studied It From All Sides For Many Years; Because I Have Examined All Objections Which Have Ever Been Made Against The Infinite Numbers; And Above All Because I Have Followed Its Roots, So To Speak, To The First Infallible Cause Of All Created Things.

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