Pillow Problems
Lewis Carroll recommended keeping a good store of mental agility puzzles as a remedy against tormenting thoughts.
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Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Oxford mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote the much-loved ‘Alice in Wonderland’ series for children.
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