The General Laws Of Nature

The General Laws Of Nature Are Not, For The Most Part, Immediate Objects Of Perception.

That Language Is An Instrument Of Human Reason, And Not Merely A Medium For The Expression Of Thought, Is A Truth Generally Admitted.

I Am Now About To Set Seriously To Work Upon Preparing For The Press An Account Of My Theory Of Logic And Probabilities Which In Its Present State I Look Upon As The Most Valuable If Not The Only Valuable Contribution That I Have Made Or Am Likely To Make To Science And The Thing By Which I Would Desire If At All To Be Remembered Hereafter.

No Matter How Correct A Mathematical Theorem May Appear To Be, One Ought Never To Be Satisfied That There Was Not Something Imperfect About It Until It Also Gives The Impression Of Being Beautiful.

It Is Not Of The Essence Of Mathematics To Be Conversant With The Ideas Of Number And Quantity.