May the dream which we call life be for you a happy dream, … - Carl Friedrich Gauss

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May the dream which we call life be for you a happy dream, a foretaste of that true life which we shall inherit in our real home, when the awakened spirit shall labour no longer under the grievous bondage of the flesh, the fetters of space, the whips of earthly pain, and the sting of our paltry needs and desires. Let us carry our burdens to the end, stoutly and uncomplainingly, never losing sight of that higher goal. Glad then shall we be to lay down our weary lives, and to see the dropping of the curtain."

Carl Friedrich Gauss

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Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician, astronomer and physicist.

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Native Name: Johann Carl Friedrich Gauß

Alternative Names: Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss • Karl Gauss • C. F. Gauss • Carl Friedrich Gauß • Gauß, Carl Friedrich • Gauss

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