I find myself confronted with a subject which is not only highly interesting, but somewhat difficult: not that the subject is obscure; but it presupposes in the reader a certain knowledge of geometry: a strong meat too often neglected.


Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, The Life of the Spider, Appendix (p. 383), Dodd, Mead & Co. 1917

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I find myself confronted with a subject which is not only highly interesting, but somewhat difficult: not that the subject is obscure; but it...

I find myself confronted with a subject which is not only highly interesting, but somewhat difficult: not that the subject is obscure; but it...

I find myself confronted with a subject which is not only highly interesting, but somewhat difficult: not that the subject is obscure; but it...

I find myself confronted with a subject which is not only highly interesting, but somewhat difficult: not that the subject is obscure; but it...