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IN drawing a parallel between Legendre's proof and the paradox concerning infinite aggregates, I had not thought necessary to point out the fallacy, which consists, as in Legendre's proof, of transferring to infinities notions which are derived from a study of finite magnitudes.

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    D. M. Y. SOMMERVILLE

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