James Lord Pierpont Quote

We who stand on the threshold of a new century can look back on an era of unparalleled progress. Looking into the future an equally bright prospect greets our eyes; on all sides fruitful fields of research invite our labor and promise easy and rich returns. Surely this is the golden age of mathematics!


The History of Mathematics in the Nineteenth Century, Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, 2nd Series, Volume 11


We who stand on the threshold of a new century can look back on an era of unparalleled progress. Looking into the future an equally bright prospect...

We who stand on the threshold of a new century can look back on an era of unparalleled progress. Looking into the future an equally bright prospect...

We who stand on the threshold of a new century can look back on an era of unparalleled progress. Looking into the future an equally bright prospect...

We who stand on the threshold of a new century can look back on an era of unparalleled progress. Looking into the future an equally bright prospect...