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Quotation from Chartism by Thomas Carlyle
“A WITTY statesman said you might prove anything by figures”
Chartism, Chapter II (James Fraser, London, 1840 (IA chartism00carluoft))
The opening of the chapter on statistics, introducing Carlyle's argument that tables of wages and mortality cannot settle the condition of the poor without wise interpretation.
Citation: "A WITTY statesman said you might prove anything by figures" — Thomas Carlyle, Chartism, Chapter II (James Fraser, London, 1840 (IA chartism00carluoft)). (id chartism-q3)
