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The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities which are so very general indeed that they are incapable of application to any particular.
E. T. Bell
E. T. Bell
Born: Feb 7, 1883
Died: Dec 21, 1960

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Doubt, Indeed, Degenerate, No Doubt, Pretty, Silly, General, Generalities, Pursuit, Particular, Quest, Austere, Very, Quickly, Any, Vice, Which, Formulas, Incapable, Theorems, Neat, Application

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