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Mathematical demonstrations being built upon the impregnable Foundations of Geometry and Arithmetick are the only truths that can sink into the Mind of Man, void of all Uncertainty and all other Discourses participate more or less of Truth according as their Subjects are more or less capable of Mathematical Demonstration.

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Christopher Wren
Died: 1723
Died: February 25
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