Hardy's A Mathematician's Apology is available online. (It's in the public domain in Canada, although not in the US.)
I'll refrain from commenting -- obviously I have thoughts, but I have things I really should be doing instead of trying to articulate them (like preparing for the class I'm teaching tomorrow morning!) -- and just let Hardy's work, one of the classic answers to questions such as "What is mathematics?" and "Why do mathematics?", stand on its own.
Thanks for pointing this out. I've long wanted to read this, but have not wanted to pay $15 for a book that is really just a thick pamphlet. This electronic edition is riddled with annoying typos, but it's easy enough to read past them and substitute the letters and words that Hardy had in mind.
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