The Axiom of Choice (AC) was formulated about a century ago, and it was controversial for a few of decades after that; it might be considered the last great controversy of mathematics. It is now a basic assumption used in many parts of mathematics.
TOP O THE MORN: County cash stashed in tree (whidbeynewstimes.com) Samuel Libbey came to Penn’s Cove in 1853. He left his wife and two sons in Maine in 1852 and sailed to the Pacific with his brother-in-law Capt. Benjamin Barstow.