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I rejoice that the sacred scriptures of our faith portray a God who listens to prayer, who loves us and longs to lead us. \u00a0I rejoice that my chosen line of work, mathematics, has enabled me to bring into being new things that did not exist before, and to greet with wonder and awe many amazing inventions of my fellow workers. \u00a0I rejoice that daily we live immersed in infinity, that we have the freedom not only to make choices but at times to be the agent, by will or by grace, to sing to the Lord a new song.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nEdward Nelson (1932-2012),\u00a0Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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