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EDIT: Oops, comment came off more snarky than I intended. Replies are well noted. (I don't appear to be able to delete the comment) > We all remember the last
by twelfthnight 5y ago
EDIT: Oops, comment came off more snarky than I intended. Replies are well noted. (I don't appear to be able to delete the comment)
> We all remember the last words of Evariste Galois to his brother Alfred.
Yes, yes of course I know exactly what the author is talking about! Those famous words, I can basically recite them from memory! Please go on, friend, no need to suspect I'm unaware at all! :sweat smile:
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoI believe it's the quote in French at the top. Google Translate gives: "Don't cry, Alfred! I need all my courage to die at twenty!"
- QuesnayJr 5y agoNeverendingbooks was a blog for mathematicians, particularly algebraists. (Galois was arguably the first modern algebraist.) Anyway, post begins with the quote.
- pmoriarty 5y agoHN Guidelines[1]: "Be kind. Don't be snarky. ... Please don't sneer ... Please don't post shallow dismissals." [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dTal 5y agoWere I in a waggish mood, I would have simply replied to you with your own comment, verbatim. I think GP was not snarky, but carried a tone of embarrassment at their own ignorance (which was generous, as indeed we do not "all remember" it).
- juancn 5y agoAlso, we all speak french! (actually 3.5% of people do).