David Eugene Smith Quote

The merit of mathematics, in all its forms, consists in its truth; truth conveyed to the understanding, not directly by words but by symbols which serve as the world's only universal written language.


The Poetry of Mathematics and Other Essays, Chapter I (p. 6)


The merit of mathematics, in all its forms, consists in its truth; truth conveyed to the understanding, not directly by words but by symbols which...

The merit of mathematics, in all its forms, consists in its truth; truth conveyed to the understanding, not directly by words but by symbols which...

The merit of mathematics, in all its forms, consists in its truth; truth conveyed to the understanding, not directly by words but by symbols which...

The merit of mathematics, in all its forms, consists in its truth; truth conveyed to the understanding, not directly by words but by symbols which...