Simon Newcomb Quote

I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to follow, though I did not clearly see in what way I should turn the subject to account.

The reminiscences of an astronomer (ed. Harper and Brothers, 1903)

I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to follow, though I did not clearly see in what way I should turn...

I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to follow, though I did not clearly see in what way I should turn...

I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to follow, though I did not clearly see in what way I should turn...

I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to follow, though I did not clearly see in what way I should turn...