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First, you must know what the thing is, and then after learn the use of the same.

Robert Recorde

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Robert Recorde
Age: 48 †
Born: 1510
Born: January 1
Died: 1558
Died: January 1
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Besides the mathematical arts there is no infallible knowledge, except that it be borrowed from them.
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