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[Dmitri] Egorov [founder of the Moscow School of Mathematics] was a very reserved and modest man, so much so that it would be easy to believe that he lived only for mathematics. […] His publications do not reveal any evidence of the “inner Egorov” — indications of the motivations that were so clear in many of his predecessors […] However, a close study of his life shows that Egorov was a man of deep passions, religious commitments, cultural identity, and political preference. As Sergei Demidov, a leading Russian historian of mathematics, wrote in the post-Soviet period, Egorov “thought that the opinions and beliefs of a person (including his religious views) belonged to an intimate human sphere and were not a subject of discussion.”

Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor, Naming Infinity

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For a lot of people, a pronoun is something that can be taken for granted. However, for a growing proportion of the community, there is a heightened level of awareness of the pronoun which represents them. This guidance seeks to explain some of the concepts around pronoun use and to help you develop practice that contributes to creating an inclusive environment for all members of the … community.

Staff equality, diversity and inclusion guidance, University of St Andrews

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All through the day

I me mine, I me mine, I me mine

All through the night

I me mine, I me mine, I me mine

Now they’re frightened of leaving it

Everyone’s weaving it

Coming on strong all the time

All through the day I me mine

George Harrison, “I me mine” (the last song recorded by The Beatles)