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• SPA: Sliding Point Arithmetic
• VPA Vanishing Point Arithmetic
• Compare this with the unit of facial beauty, the Helen, first defined by C.
  Marlowe. A milliHelen, of course, will launch just one ship....
• To divide one's life by years is of course to tumble into a trap set by our own arithmetic.
  The calendar consents to carry on its dull wall-existence by the arbitrary timetables we have drawn up in consultation with those permanent commuters, Earth amd Sun....
• Take, O boatman, thrice thy fee,-- Take, I give it willingly
  For, invisible to thee, Spirits twain have crossed with me....
• All students should be required to take at least one course in ethics, even if taking the course means a decreased emphasis on academic subjects.
• Reading, writing. Who cares about arithmetic?
• Seits's Law of Higher Education: The one course you must take to graduate will not be offered during your last semester.
• The universe is ruled by letting things take their course.
  It cannot be ruled by interfering. -- Chinese proverb...