Mathematicians abstracting their thoughts from names, and accustoming themselves to set before their minds the ideas themselves that they would consider, and not sounds instead of them, have avoided thereby a great part of that perplexity, puddering, and confusion, which has so much hindered men's progress in other parts of knowledge.
Matematikariek beren pentsamenduetan hitzei kasurik egin gabe jokatzen dutelarik eta gogamenaren aurrean soinuak barik aztertu nahi dituzten ideiak eurak eduki ohi dituztelarik, saihestu egiten dituzte hein handian ezagutzaren beste arlo batzuetan gizakien aurrerapena hainbeste oztopatu duten ezbaia, ulertu ezina eta nahasmendua.