The student of mathematics should trust no middleman, but go with his own head to original sources, to the masters themselves. Second-hand ideas are as full of bacteria as second-hand books and clothing.


Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, Volume IV 1898 (p. 552)

Edgar Odell Lovett Quotes

The student of mathematics should trust no middleman, but go with his own head to original sources, to the masters themselves. Second-hand ideas are...

The student of mathematics should trust no middleman, but go with his own head to original sources, to the masters themselves. Second-hand ideas are...

The student of mathematics should trust no middleman, but go with his own head to original sources, to the masters themselves. Second-hand ideas are...

The student of mathematics should trust no middleman, but go with his own head to original sources, to the masters themselves. Second-hand ideas are...