A geometrician has learned to perform the most difficult demonstrations and calculations, as a monkey has learned to take his little hat off and on... (Julien Offray de La Mettrie)

A geometrician has learned to perform the most difficult demonstrations and calculations, as a monkey has learned to take his little hat off and on...

Julien Offray de La Mettrie

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