"The Mathematics are Friends to Religion, inasmuch as they charm the
Passions, restrain the Impetuosity of the Imagination, and purge the
Mind from Error and Prejudice. Vice is Error, Confusion, and false
Reasoning; and all Truth is more or less opposite to it. Besides,
Mathematical Studies may serve for a pleasant Entertainment for those
Hours which young Men are apt to throw away upon their Vices; the
Delightfulness of them being such as to make Solitude not only easy, but
desirable."
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