Richard Whately Quote

Mathematical reasoning is like a long flight of steps; moral, like a short clamber up a craggy rock.


In: Elizabeth Jane Whatley, Miscellaneous Remains from the Commonplace Book of Richard, Whately, D.D, Apothegm 90 (p. 9)


Mathematical reasoning is like a long flight of steps; moral, like a short clamber up a craggy rock.

Mathematical reasoning is like a long flight of steps; moral, like a short clamber up a craggy rock.

Mathematical reasoning is like a long flight of steps; moral, like a short clamber up a craggy rock.

Mathematical reasoning is like a long flight of steps; moral, like a short clamber up a craggy rock.