—Hamilton, W. R.
Graves’ Life of W. R. Hamilton, (New York, 1882), Vol. 1, p. 596.
[970]. Astronomy and Pure Mathematics are the magnetic poles toward which the compass of my mind ever turns.—Gauss to Bolyai.
Briefwechsel (Schmidt-Stakel), (1899), p. 55.
[971]. [Gauss calculated the elements of the planet Ceres] and his analysis proved him to be the first of theoretical astronomers no less than the greatest of “arithmeticians.”—Ball, W. W. R.
History of Mathematics (London, 1901), p. 458.
[972]. The mathematical giant [Gauss], who from his lofty heights embraces in one view the stars and the abysses....—Bolyai, W.
Kurzer Grundriss eines Versuchs (Maros Vasarhely, 1851), p. 44.
[973]. Almost everything, which the mathematics of our century has brought forth in the way of original scientific ideas, attaches to the name of Gauss.—Kronecker, L.