"Comprehensive books are very useful in the hands of those whose minds are already formed ; but experience has taught us that a judicious parsimony proves more successful in encouraging the mental efforts of young beginners, amid the many difficulties arising from the giddiness natural to their age, as well as from the number of their scholastic duties."
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Elements of Geometry for the Use of Beginners (1885)
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Joseph Bayma
Joseph Bayma (November 1816 – 7 February 1892) was a Jesuit mathematician, philosopher, and scientist.
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