Begin at the beginning. "Mathematics is a language." -- J. Williard Gibbs, cited by Samuelson on the title page of Foundations of Economic Analysis "In the beginning was the Word." John, Chapter 1, verse 1, quoted by Goethe in Faust Judges, Chapter 14 5 Then went Sam[uel]son down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. 6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. 7 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Sam[uel]son well. 8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion. 9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion. Judges, Chapter 15 16. And Sam[uel]son said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men. Judges, Chapter 16 30. And Sam[uel]son said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So all the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. regards, Tom Walker http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/covenant.htm
