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| fa4159a | The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment... We are told that by its aid the stars are weighed and the billions of molecules in a drop of water are counted. Yet, like the ghost of Hamlet's father, this great science eludes the efforts of our mental weapons to grasp it. | ghost grasp hamlet math mathematics mental molecules science shakespeare stars study william-shakespeare | Alfred North Whitehead |