William Seward : In my opinion...Abraham Lincoln : To which I always listen...William Seward : Or pretend to.Abraham Lincoln : With all three of my ears.
How the people love my husband. They flock to see him by their thousands on public days. They will never love you the way they love him. How difficult it must be for you to know that, and yet how important to remember it.
Euclid's first common notion is this: Things which are equal to the same things are equal to each other. That's a rule of mathematical reasoning and its true because it works - has done and always will do. In his book Euclid says this is self evident. You see there it is even in that 2000 year old book of mechanical law it is the self evident truth that things which are equal to the same things are equal to each other.
It's time for me to go. But I would rather stay.
