[HN Gopher] Galois' Last Letter (2008)
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       Galois' Last Letter (2008)
        
       Author : Hooke
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2021-05-12 00:13 UTC (22 hours ago)
        
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       | twelfthnight wrote:
       | EDIT: Oops, comment came off more snarky than I intended. Replies
       | are well noted. (I don't appear to be able to delete the comment)
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       | > We all remember the last words of Evariste Galois to his
       | brother Alfred.
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       | Yes, yes of course I know exactly what the author is talking
       | about! Those famous words, I can basically recite them from
       | memory! Please go on, friend, no need to suspect I'm unaware at
       | all! :sweat smile:
        
         | AnimalMuppet wrote:
         | I believe it's the quote in French at the top. Google Translate
         | gives: "Don't cry, Alfred! I need all my courage to die at
         | twenty!"
        
         | pmoriarty wrote:
         | HN Guidelines[1]:
         | 
         |  _" Be kind. Don't be snarky. ... Please don't sneer ... Please
         | don't post shallow dismissals."_
         | 
         | [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
        
           | dTal wrote:
           | Were I in a waggish mood, I would have simply replied to you
           | with your own comment, verbatim.
           | 
           | I think GP was not snarky, but carried a tone of
           | embarrassment at their own ignorance (which was generous, as
           | indeed we do not "all remember" it).
        
         | QuesnayJr wrote:
         | Neverendingbooks was a blog for mathematicians, particularly
         | algebraists. (Galois was arguably the first modern algebraist.)
         | Anyway, post begins with the quote.
        
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