Monotonically Decreasing Function

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    “As men get on in life, they acquire a love for sincerity, and somewhat less solicitude to be lulled or amused. In the progress of the character, there is an increasing faith in the moral sentiment, and a decreasing faith in propositions.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

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