"REMEMBER THAT STATISTICAL AND POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE ALONE DISTIN GUISHES THE TRUE MERCHANT FROM THE MERE TRADESMAN, AND GUIDES HIM A MERCHANT FAMILIAR WITH THE PRODUCTS IN HIS UNDERTAKINGS. * * * OF A COUNTRY, ITS RESOURCES, ITS COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES, IS MUCH LESS LIKELY TO ENTER INTO SPECULATIONS BASED ON FALSE IDEAS, AND THEREFORE OF DOUBTFUL ISSUE." LOUIS AGASSIZ. (1827.) |