William Playfair Quote

Men in general are very slow to enter into what is reckoned a new thing; and there seems to be a very universal as well as great reluctance to undergo the drudgery of acquiring information that seems not to be absolutely necessary.


Observations on the Trade with North america, Chart V, page 29. - The Commercial and Political Atlas, 3rd Edition


Men in general are very slow to enter into what is reckoned a new thing; and there seems to be a very universal as well as great reluctance to...

Men in general are very slow to enter into what is reckoned a new thing; and there seems to be a very universal as well as great reluctance to...

Men in general are very slow to enter into what is reckoned a new thing; and there seems to be a very universal as well as great reluctance to...

Men in general are very slow to enter into what is reckoned a new thing; and there seems to be a very universal as well as great reluctance to...