A thinking reed — It is not from space that I must seek my dignity, but from the government of my thought. I shall have no more if I possess worlds. By space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; by thought I comprehend the world. Pascal’s Pensées, 348
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(2005). The Discrete Vibrating Beam. In: Gladwell, G.M.L. (eds) Inverse Problems in Vibration. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 119. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2721-4_8
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