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In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from external affairs. Some practice it as if using a drug. Chess sometimes plays a similar role. In their unhappiness over the events of this world, some immerse themselves in a kind of self-sufficiency in mathematics. (Some have engaged in it for this reason alone.) Stanisław Marcin Ulam		Friday May 29, 2026
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About Josiah Gilbert Holland

Josiah Gilbert Holland

Josiah Gilbert Holland

Josiah Gilbert Holland, (1819 - 1881), novelist and poet, born in Belchertown, Massachusetts, helped to found and edit Scribner's Monthly (afterwards the Century Magazine ), in which appeared his novels, Arthur Bonnicastle, The Story of Sevenoaks, Nicholas Minturn. In poetry he wrote "Bitter Sweet" (1858), "Kathrina", and many others.

Holland and his wife were frequent correspondents and family friends of poet Emily Dickinson.

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The soul, like the body, lives by what it feeds on.

There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.

Music is a thing of the soula roselipped shell that murmured of the eternal seaa strange bird singing the songs of another shore.

Heaven is not reached at a single bound. But we build the ladder by which we rise. From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.

God give us men! A time like this demands. Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not die.

There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers rapidly; That which grows slowly endures.

The heart is wiser than the intellect.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

Nature is the master of talents; Genius is the master of nature.

Music was a thing of the soul - A rose-lipped shell that murmured the eternal sea - A strange bird singing the songs of another shore.

There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.

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