"The nature of abstract mathematics... is composed of what is called the Calculus, taking this word in its greatest extent, which reaches from the most simple numerical operations to the most sublime combinations of transcendental analysis."

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Translator's Footnote: The translator has felt justified in employing this very convenient word [the Calculus] (for which our language has no precise equivalent) ...in its most extended sense, in spite of... being often popularly confounded with its Differential and Integral department.