Philosophy and Fun of Algebra
A young monkey named Genius picked a green walnut, and bit, through a bitter rind, down into a hard shell. He then threw the walnut away, saying:
"How stupid people are! They told me walnuts are good to eat." His grandmother, whose name was Wisdom, picked up the walnut - peeled off
the rind with her fingers, cracked the shell, and shared the kernel with her grandson, saying: "Those get on best in life who do not trust to
first impressions."
In some old books the story is told differently; the grandmother is called Mrs Cunning-Greed, and she eats all the kernel herself. Fables about
the Cunning- Greed family are written to make children laugh. It is good for you to laugh; it makes you grow strong, and gives you the habit of
understanding jokes and not being made miserable by them. But take care not to believe such fables; because, if you believe them, they give you bad dreams.
MARY EVEREST BOOLE.
January 1909.
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| Philosophy and Fun of Algebra Author: Mary Everest Boole, 1832-1916. Subject: NATURAL SCIENCES; Mathematics; Algebra. Publisher: C.W.Daniel. Book Contributor: Osmania University. |
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