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Undoubtedly he was the foremost American mathematician of his time.
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Hoar asserts the prominence of Benjamin Peirce in American mathematics, underscoring his exceptional talent.
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The irrepressible conflict had to be fought out.
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But, as I have already said, when the time came, he always subordinated his own desire to what he deemed the welfare of the public.
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