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I am told he has 500 underworld denizens at his command. These, at an auspicious moment, will seize the president, who will be hustled into a closed automobile surrounded by the army of Apaches, and the rest will be easy." "But Poincaré's bodyguard?" "Ach! It will not be strong enough to cope with the Apaches. Besides, the surprise itself augurs well for the success of the plan."
The suggestion is absurd: its chief excuse is the desire to defend the autonomy of the sciences of life, about which we have a word to say later on. But we must first complete our brief mention of the greatest stages on the mechanical side, of which a full and vivid account may be found in such a book as M. Poincaré's Science et Hypothèse.
Among other interesting facts, the author cites Premier Poincaré's declaration before the Chamber of Deputies, December 21, 1912: "I need not remark that in the Lebanon and Syria particularly we have traditional interests and that we intend to make them respected." Quoted by Senator E. Flandrin in his article "Nos Droits en Syrie et en Palestine," Revue Hebdomadaire, June 5, 1915.
But undeniably the position is very paradoxical. Bertrand Russell had a controversy with him on this question, and pointed out that on Poincaré's principles there was nothing in nature to determine whether the earth is larger or smaller than some assigned billiard ball.
The absolute indetermination of nature in respect of all the relations of congruence is replaced by the indetermination of observation with respect to a small subgroup of these relations. Poincaré's position is a strong one. He in effect challenges anyone to point out any factor in nature which gives a preeminent status to the congruence relation which mankind has actually adopted.
"Poincaré's villa is visible on the horizon in the green landscape. A gun has been brought to bear on the house they mean to destroy it before leaving they call this the extreme unction. "The daily artillery duel began on our return drive, and kept up an incessant roar. "St. Mihiel. "We stopped at St. Mihiel, where many French people still remain.
His hand can be seen in this modification; it is to be hoped that his political intelligence, practical and cool, will save him from all exaggeration in this course. The notable increase of German armaments which supervenes at the moment of M. Poincaré's entrance at the Elysée will increase the danger of a too nationalistic orientation of the policy of France. Again, on March 3, 1913:
The minister of the interior stated that this decision had been taken "solely upon the demand of the military authorities because the fortified places of Paris, while not necessarily likely to be attacked, would become the pivot of the field operations of the two armies." The text of President Poincaré's proclamation was as follows: "ENDURE AND FIGHT!"
It follows that a certain subset of closely allied congruence relations can be assigned of which each member equally well agrees with that statement of observed congruence when the statement is properly qualified with its limits of error. This is an entirely different question and it presupposes a rejection of Poincaré's position.
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