There can be a tendency to think of mathematical research as being carried out by a solitary thinker, conquering intellectual hurdles by dint of sheer thought.

Cattle graze in the meadows.

He doesn’t use the orthodox forked limb in his snake-killing pursuits, but just takes an ordinary stick and unafraidly flays the reptile.

Yea, with gladness did they pæan, bowing low before my car, / In my ears their homage echoed from the sunrise to the star.