>In studies I was not bad – except for mathematics, which repelled and exhausted me. I passed in these subjects – but just about that. Or rather, it was algebra which formed the bugbear. Geometry was not so bad. But the whole thing disappointed me bitterly, for I was then intending to pursue astronomy as a career, and of course advanced astronomy is simply a mass of mathematics. That was the first major set-back I ever received – the first time I was ever brought up short against a consciousness of my own limitations. It was clear to me that I hadn’t brains enough to be an astronomer – and that was a pill I couldn’t swallow with equanimity.
>From a letter Lovecraft wrote to Robert E. Howard, dated 25-29 March 1933.
He could've become an awesome astronomer if math wasn't invented by some schizo autists.
>From a letter Lovecraft wrote to Robert E. Howard, dated 25-29 March 1933.
He could've become an awesome astronomer if math wasn't invented by some schizo autists.
