Grudge us! moan at us!
Daunt us! gag us more!
Dog-ear us, man! gut us!
D—— us! a rogue tugs!"
are addressed to me by the circle-squarers; and,
"O! Gus! tug a mean surd!"
is smart upon my preference of an incommensurable value of π to 3-1/5, or some such simple substitute. While,
"Gus! Gus! at 'em a' round!"
ought to be the backing of the scientific world to the author of the Budget of Paradoxes.
The whole collection commenced existence in the head of a powerful mathematician during some sleepless nights. Seeing how large a number was practicable, he amused himself by inventing a digested plan of finding more.