Right Reason Is Stronger Than Force.

It Is Not Right Or Manly To Lie Even About Satan.

The Chief Instrument Of American Statistics Is The Census, Which Should Accomplish A Two-fold Object. It Should Serve The Country By Making A Full And Accurate Exhibit Of The Elements Of National Life And Strength, And It Should Serve The Science Of Statistics By So Exhibiting General Results That They May Be Compared With Similar Data Obtained By Other Nations.

I Am Receiving What I Suppose To Be The Usual Number Of Threatening Letters On The Subject. Assassination Can Be No More Guarded Against Than Death By Lightning; It Is Best Not To Worry About Either.

Statistical Science Is Indispensable To Modern Statesmanship. In Legislation As In Physical Science It Is Beginning To Be Understood That We Can Control Terrestrial Forces Only By Obeying Their Laws. The Legislator Must Formulate In His Statutes Not Only The National Will, But Also Those Great Laws Of Social Life Revealed By Statistics.

My God! What Is There In This Place That A Man Should Ever Want To Get Into It?