The doctrine of false position has been but little studied in the United States. In France it is understood perfectly. There everything is solved by false position, just as chymists solve everything by attraction and repulsion, mathematicians by circles and tangents, old people by loss and gain, young people by love and courtship.


The Philosophical Emperor, a Political Experiment, or, The Progress of a False Position: (1841)

Alexander Bryan Johnson Quotes

The doctrine of false position has been but little studied in the United States. In France it is understood perfectly. There everything is solved by...

The doctrine of false position has been but little studied in the United States. In France it is understood perfectly. There everything is solved by...

The doctrine of false position has been but little studied in the United States. In France it is understood perfectly. There everything is solved by...

The doctrine of false position has been but little studied in the United States. In France it is understood perfectly. There everything is solved by...