A calculating engine is one of the most intricate forms of mechanism, a telegraph key one of the simplest. But compare their value.
George IlesA tree nowhere offers a straight line or a regular curve, but who doubts that root, trunk, boughs, and leaves embody geometry?
George IlesTo render aid to the worthless is sheer waste. Rain does not freshen the Dead Sea, but only enables it to dissolve more salt.
George Iles