Quote  Category: Unsorted “To your care and recommendation am I indebted for having replaced a half-blind mathematician with a mathematician with both eyes, which will especially please the anatomical members of my Academy. [To D'Alembert about Lagrange. Euler had vacated the post.]” - Frederick II the Great (1712-1786) In D. M. Burton, Elementary Number Theory, Boston: Allyn and Bacon, Inc., 1976 - king of Prussia, great leader, author, interest in art, literature, philosophy. Email this quote to a friend! If there is an error in this quote please let us know. Famous Quotes © ® All rights reserved.