![Besides language and music, it [mathematics] is one of the primary manifestations of the free creative power of the human mind, and it is the universal organ for world understanding through theoretical construction. Mathematics must therefore remain an essential element of the knowledge and abilities which we have to teach, of the culture we have to transmit, to the next generation.](/assets/img/quote-photos/besides-language-and-music-it-mathematics-is-one-of-the-primary-manifestations.jpg)
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