Gauss

Quote:" you know that I write slowly. this is chiefly because i am never satisfied until i have said as much as possible in a few words , and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length."

question: how does writing briefly take far more time?

thoughts: I find it weird that he is not satisfied if he doesnt say things in a few words. it doesnt really make that much sense to me. if you need to write more to fulling express yourself you should. I also dont see what the problem with being lengthy with your writing if it might be clearer and easier to do. It almost seems like he trys to make things harder on him self. he also mad it so hard for others to understand and learn the things he had found.
i honestly think he might be alittle selfish." he is like a fox" what exactly do they mean by this is this a bad thing. i think it might be because he finds things and trys to hide them from every one. you can tell he is very different from the last guy we read about because the other guy was clear in his writing and he made sense and it seemed he wanted people to learn and he made it easy for them so i like him better then this guy. i dont see how someone so smart would want others to learn maybe he thought he was so much smarter then everyone else and they would never understand what he was saying thats the only reason why i could see him saying it was " useless to teach" i'm not sure i like this guy. I think its great he was really smart but i dont like his reasoning's.