_A puzzling Question to be proposed for Solution._
Set down three sums on paper; and say to the company, ladies and
gentlemen, there are three sums, very different from each other, and
very disproportionate; yet I wish to divide them among three persons,
so that they may have an equal sum each, and yet without altering any
thing in either of the sums. This will appear very difficult, yet
nothing so simple and easy; one single addition will suffice to prove
to you that the amount of each sum will be the same, and that the
shares will not enrich much the respective persons: here is the proof: