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June 04, 2014

Blaise Pascal: On Brevity.

I have made this letter longer--because I have not had the time to make it shorter.

--Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), mathematician, physicist, philosopher, in "Lettres Provinciales", No. 16, 1657

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Posted by JD Hull at June 4, 2014 12:00 AM

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