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He was Fourth Wrangler in 1898. This faintly irritated him, he used to confess. He was enough of a natural competitor to feel that, though the race was ridiculous, he ought to have won it.
Four hours creative work a day is about the limit for a mathematician, he used to say.
A man who is always asking ‘Is what I do worth while?’ and ‘Am I the right person to do it?’ will always be ineffective himself and a discouragement to others.
