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IT was the opinion of Dr. Samuel Johnson that everything ought to be persecuted in order that we may know whether it is worthy to live or not. There is, doubtless, a good deal of truth in this opinion, and the idea or the man that cannot endure and overcome a considerable amount of difficulty is of but little value. Still there must be a reasonable limit to persecutions and difficulties, and hence I hope that the praiseworthy efforts of the; English mathematicians to improve their text-books of geometry will be successful. In considering such a matter as the improvement of text-books, an extensive knowledge of the experience of all classes of students will be valuable, and as many of the mathematical books profess to be written for those who are not fortunate enough to have a teacher, an account of the difficulties which such a one has experienced may be of some interest.
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HALL, A. Hindrances to Students of Mathematics. Nature 6, 351 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/006351a0
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