... it was he who, perhaps more than any other individual, helped to raise Polish mathematics from the ashes to which it had been reduced by the Second World War to the position of new strength and respect which it now occupies.
... ito ay siya na, marahil higit pa sa anumang iba pang mga indibidwal, tumulong sa itaas Polish matematika mula sa ashes na kung saan ito had been nabawasan ng Ikalawang Pandaigdig na ang posisyon ng bagong lakas at paggalang na ito ngayon occupies.