The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (Two Volumes)
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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Synopsis
I was just going to say, when I was interrupted, that one of the many ways of classifying minds is under the heads of arithmetical and algebraical intellects. All economical and practical wisdom is an extension or variation of the following arithmetical formula: 2+2=4. Every philosophical proposition has the more general character of the expression A+B=C. We are mere operatives, empirics, and egotists, until we learn to think in letters instead of figures.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002574
- Title
- The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (Two Volumes)
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus.
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1890
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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