Marshall Monroe Kirkman Quote

Statistics are like accounts. The latter cannot be explained: they must be pored over as we would study an algebraic problem. Only men driven thereto or who possess a stout resolution are able to do this.


The Science of Railways (Volume 10) (9th edition), Chapter III (p. 21)


Statistics are like accounts. The latter cannot be explained: they must be pored over as we would study an algebraic problem. Only men driven thereto ...

Statistics are like accounts. The latter cannot be explained: they must be pored over as we would study an algebraic problem. Only men driven thereto ...

Statistics are like accounts. The latter cannot be explained: they must be pored over as we would study an algebraic problem. Only men driven thereto ...

Statistics are like accounts. The latter cannot be explained: they must be pored over as we would study an algebraic problem. Only men driven thereto ...