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The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment.... We are told that by its aid the stars are weighed and the billions of molecules in a drop of water are counted. Yet, like the ghost of Hamlet's father, this greatest science eludes the efforts of our mental weapons to grasp it. Alfred North Whitehead		Wednesday Mar 18, 2026
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He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed. Lech Wałęsa

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	Lech Wałęsa
	Lech Wałęsa (IPA: [ˈlɛx vaˈwɛ̃sa] (help·info) ; born September 29, 1943) is a Polish politician and a former trade union and human rights activist. He co-founded Solidarity (Solidarność), the Soviet bloc's first independent trade union, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995 (succeeded by Aleksander Kwaśniewski) . Read More

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'It all came from there,' Lech Walesa said, pointing to a TV when a reporter asked him why communism fell. He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed. I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling. Words are plentiful, but deeds are precious.