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G38

carried him far had he known no more of how to
generalize than the writers of logic-books seem to know.
His memoir on his Census Theorem (which is his generalization
of Euler's theorem proposition,) if deeply pondered, would teach
them something of an important useful branch of logic in
which they seem to be neophytes. The way to generalize
is to construct an icon, a sort of intellectual photograph of the relation άναλυτέον
(for it is the analysis of relations that gives makes the difficulty,)
which shall be so true and of
so fine a texture as to bear examination under high-power

G38

carried him far had he known no more of how to generalize than the writers of logic-books seem to know. His memoir on his Census Theorem (which is his generalization of Euler's proposition,) if deeply pondered, would teach them something of a useful branch of logic in which they seem to be neophytes. The way to generalize is to construct an icon, a sort of intellectual photograph of the relation άναλυτέον (for it is the analysis of relations that makes the difficulty,) which shall be so true and of so fine a texture as to bear examination under high-power