Mathematics.

One has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty

--Maxim Gorky, The zykous--

Mathematics.

What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?

--Sydney Smith, letter 1835--

mathematics.

The knowledge of numbers is one to the cheif distinctions between us and the brutes>

--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, letter 1753

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definitions list

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hulk

1. the body of an or worn-out ship. 2. a ship used as a prison. 3. a big, clumsy ship 4. a big, clumsy person or thing

hunger strike

a refusal to eat until certain demands are granted