"[F]inding direct measurement so often impossible, we are compelled to devise means of doing it indirectly. Hence arose Mathematics."
— Mathematics

January 1, 1970

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Auguste Comte, The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte (1853) Tr. Harriet Martineau, from Cours de philosophie positive (1830–1842). See also 1896 edition, Vol. 1, Book 1. Mathematics. Ch. 1. p. 38.