"To render the Science of Algebra intelligible to pupils whose minds are yet unaccustomed to such studies, is not an easy task. For should the instructor subject every principle, as it is announced, to a rigorous demonstration, he will very probably not be comprehended; while, on the other hand, inconclusive reasoning is worse than none at all."
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Benedict Sestini
Benedict Sestini (20 March 1816 – 17 January 1890) was an Italian Jesuit.
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