The Teaching of Geometry (Boston, 1911), p. 12.
[1847]. The culture of the geometric imagination, tending to produce precision in remembrance and invention of visible forms will, therefore, tend directly to increase the appreciation of works of belles-letters.—Hill, Thomas.
The Uses of Mathesis; Bibliotheca Sacra, Vol. 32, p. 504.
Yet may we not entirely overlook
The pleasures gathered from the rudiments
Of geometric science. Though advanced
In these inquiries, with regret I speak,
No farther than the threshold, there I found
Both elevation and composed delight: