Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1904 — Origin Of a Famous Saying. [ARTICLE]

Origin Of a Famous Saying.

■did, wbo is sometimes called the Ir of mathematics, taught this Bet in the famous school at Alexia. Being asked one day by the lof Egypt (Ptolemy Soter) whether laid not teach him the science in lorter way, Euclid answered in b that have been memorable ever I “Sire, there is no royal road to ■ng.” Not many scraps of conver- ■ have lived, as this reply has, for lyears.