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I am looking for the source and context of this quote, found e.g. at St Andrews:

It is onlyOnly with the greatest difficulty that one is one able to follow the writings of any author preceding Euler, because it was not yet known how to let the formulaeformulas speak for themselves. This art Euler was the first to teach.
— F. Rudio

(My emphasis. Slight variants suggest that it could originally have been in another language.)

I am looking for the source and context of this quote, found e.g. at St Andrews:

It is only with the greatest difficulty that one is able to follow the writings of any author preceding Euler, because it was not yet known how to let the formulae speak for themselves. This art Euler was the first to teach.
— F. Rudio

(My emphasis. Slight variants suggest that it could originally have been in another language.)

I am looking for the source and context of this quote, found e.g. at St Andrews:

Only with the greatest difficulty is one able to follow the writings of any author preceding Euler, because it was not yet known how to let the formulas speak for themselves. This art Euler was the first to teach.
— F. Rudio

(My emphasis. Slight variants suggest that it could originally have been in another language.)

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Source of a quote by Ferdinand Rudio

I am looking for the source and context of this quote, found e.g. at St Andrews:

It is only with the greatest difficulty that one is able to follow the writings of any author preceding Euler, because it was not yet known how to let the formulae speak for themselves. This art Euler was the first to teach.
— F. Rudio

(My emphasis. Slight variants suggest that it could originally have been in another language.)