Niels Henrik Abel

I have found a truly remarkable proof of this theorem, but the margin is too small to contain it.

It seems that I have found a way to solve the general equation of the fifth degree.

I am so poor that I can hardly afford to live.

I have been working very hard, and I hope that my efforts will not be in vain.

I am now in Paris, the center of the scientific world. I hope to make some progress here.

I have submitted my memoir on elliptic functions to the Academy, but I fear it will not be understood.

My work on elliptic functions is, I believe, of great importance.

I am very ill, and I fear that I will not live much longer.

I have been working on a new theory of functions, which I believe will be very useful.

It is a pity that I must die so young, for I have so much more to do.

I have made great progress in mathematics, but I have not been able to make a living from it.

I am very grateful for your friendship and support.

I have discovered a new class of functions, which I call Abelian functions.

The mathematicians of Paris are very slow to recognize new ideas.

I wish I could have stayed longer in Berlin; I learned much there.

My health is very poor, and I am often in pain.

I hope that my work will be of some use to future generations.

I have always loved mathematics more than anything else.

It is difficult to make a name for oneself in science without money or connections.

I am working on a general theory of algebraic equations.