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As a historian, he understood that what in hindsight were taken to be grand events really consisted of a myriad of tiny, seemingly inconsequential choices. Often as not, great moments hung on coincidences and random luck.

— Lawrence M. Schoen Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard (2015)

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In all the rest of my life’s wanderings, I never met another person who spoke words to rival the beauty of mathematics.

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I’m not accusing you of anything, but we both have studied too much history to ignore coincidence.

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