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We cannot get more out of the mathematical mill than we put into it, though we may get it in a form infinitely more useful for our purpose.

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Our knowledge must always be limited, but the knowable is limitless. The greater the sphere of our knowledge the greater the surface of contact with our infinite ignorance.

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John Hopkinson

Born: July 27, 1849
Died: August 27, 1898 (aged 49)
Bio: John Hopkinson, FRS, was a British physicist, electrical engineer, Fellow of the Royal Society and President of the IEE twice in 1890 and 1896. He invented the three-wire system for the distribution of electrical power, for which he was granted a patent in 1882.

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