Augustus De Morgan Quote

There is no study which presents so simple a beginning as that of geometry, there is none in which difficulties grow more rapidly as we proceed, and what may appear at first rather paradoxical, the more acute the student the more serious will the impediments in the way of his progress appear.


On the Study and Difficulties of Mathematics, Chapter I (p. 6), The Open Court Publishing Co. 1898


There is no study which presents so simple a beginning as that of geometry, there is none in which difficulties grow more rapidly as we proceed, and...

There is no study which presents so simple a beginning as that of geometry, there is none in which difficulties grow more rapidly as we proceed, and...

There is no study which presents so simple a beginning as that of geometry, there is none in which difficulties grow more rapidly as we proceed, and...

There is no study which presents so simple a beginning as that of geometry, there is none in which difficulties grow more rapidly as we proceed, and...