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There Have Been Only Three Epoch-making Mathematicians, Archimedes, Newton, And Eisenstein.

As Is Well Known The Principle Of Virtual Velocities Transforms All Statics Into A Mathematical Assignment, And By D'alembert's Principle For Dynamics, The Latter Is Again Reduced To Statics. Although It Is Is Very Much In Order That In Gradual Training Of Science And In The Instruction Of The Individual The Easier Precedes The More Difficult, The Simple Precedes The More Complicated, The Special Precedes The General, Yet The Min, Once It Has Arrived At The Higher Standpoint, Demands The Reverse Process Whereby All Statics Appears Only As A Very Special Case Of Mechanics.

Further, The Dignity Of The Science Itself Seems To Require That Every Possible Means Be Explored For The Solution Of A Problem So Elegant And So Celebrated.

Less Depends Upon The Choice Of Words Than Upon This, That Their Introduction Shall Be Justified By Pregnant Theorems.

It May Be True That People Who Are Merely Mathematicians Have Certain Specific Shortcomings; However That Is Not The Fault Of Mathematics, But Is True Of Every Exclusive Occupation. Likewise A Mere Linguist, A Mere Jurist, A Mere Soldier, A Mere Merchant, And So Forth. One Could Add Such Idle Chatter That When A Certain Exclusive Occupation Is Often Connected With Certain Specific Shortcomings, It Is On The Other Hand Always Free Of Certain Other Shortcomings.