Consolation

I mean to say,

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I mean to say, really, I am near to developing a neurosis – is there anyone around who doesn’t want to study or kill me? Floote raised a tentative hand. Ah, yes, thank you, Floote. There is also Mrs Tunstell, madam, he offered hopefully, is if Ivy were some kind of consolation prize. I notice … Read more

Mathematics is not a

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Mathematics is not a contemplative but a creative subject; no one can draw much consolation from it when he has lost the power or the desire to create; and that is apt to happen to a mathematician rather soon. It is a pity, but in that case he does not matter a great deal anyhow, … Read more

Yet, when these facts

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Yet, when these facts are seen side by side with other facts in the case, it is difficult not to become lost in superstitious awe. Their very absurdity seems to prohibit the use of the words ‘chance’ and ‘coincidence.’ For the sceptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as … Read more