Francis Wayland Parker Quote

Number was born in superstition and reared in mystery,... numbers were once made the foundation of religion and philosophy, and the tricks of figures have had a marvellous effect on a credulous people.


p. 64. Reported in Moritz (1914, 269) - Talks on Pedagogics, (1894)


Number was born in superstition and reared in mystery,... numbers were once made the foundation of religion and philosophy, and the tricks of figures ...

Number was born in superstition and reared in mystery,... numbers were once made the foundation of religion and philosophy, and the tricks of figures ...

Number was born in superstition and reared in mystery,... numbers were once made the foundation of religion and philosophy, and the tricks of figures ...

Number was born in superstition and reared in mystery,... numbers were once made the foundation of religion and philosophy, and the tricks of figures ...