We often think that when we have completed our study of one we know all about two, because "two" is "one and one." We forget that we still have to make a study of "and." (Arthur Eddington)

We often think that when we have completed our study of one we know all about two, because "two" is "one and one." We forget that we still have to make a study of "and."

Arthur Eddington

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