Article #139 - Mathematics
How is a knowledge of the science of Mathematics useful to persons in the various pursuits of life?
A knowledge of Mathematics which Teaches us the method of ascertaining the exact
number magnitude quantity or value of things is indispensably necessary to enable us to transact any branch of business with safety to ourselves.
[The author, Otley Vernon, adds the necessity of mathematics in order not to be placed at the mercy of others, to survey lands, to set up a machine shop, to navigate at sea, etc.]
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