"Why do you cry when you know how the story ends?"

"Bernays's publications extend over the most diverse fields of mathematics … and are all marked by thoroughness and reliability … He is distinguished by a deep-seated love for science as well as a trus…"

"Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader,…"

"Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities … will always be the favourite beverage of the intellectual."

"Islam is in its origins an Arab religion. Everyone not an Arab who is a Muslim is a convert. Islam is not simply a matter of conscience or private belief. It makes imperial demands. A convert’s worldv…"