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A studious person may neglect his business for the sake of books; but if he does this, it is not his books that are to blame, but his want of principle of firmness.

— George Boole Attributed to George Boole : Des MacHale (1985)

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The general laws of Nature are not, for the most part, immediate objects of perception.

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For how shall the finite comprehend the infinite?

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To deduce the laws of the symbols of Logic from a consideration of those operations of the mind which are implied in the strict use of language as an instrument of reasoning.

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People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

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