ABSTRACT
Nevertheless, without a single object to represent an extension,
Mathematics crumbles.
The Principles of Mathematics (1903)
Returning to The Number Devil, Lord Rustle reenters the story when Robert is invited to dine in Number Hell/Number Heaven:
What they saw was a very old man with snow white hair and a long
nose. He was toddling around and around in circles and carrying out
a great debate with himself. “All Englishmen are liars,” the man
mumbled, “but if I say it, what then? I’m an Englishman myself.
