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Memory peters out like the infinite series of a ζ-function.

— Carl Barus The Mathematical Theory of the Top (1898)

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Out of 1,000 men who are called, one (probably the ratio is much smaller) is chosen to do glorious scientific work.

Gentlemen, I am one of the 999 about to be forgotten.

The boon of an appropriate lemma is ideal generosity, and not even a mathematician can scorn its almost mathematical elegance.

The Mathematical Theory of the Top (1898)

Among recent contributions we may refer in particular to Professor A. G. Greenhill's noteworthy papers... when one remembers that these complex curves reach only especially simple cases of gyroscope motion, one may get some notion of the difficulty of the problem involved.

The Mathematical Theory of the Top (1898)

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