Errors Using Inadequate Data Are Much Less

Errors Using Inadequate Data Are Much Less Than Those Using No Data At All.

Whenever A Man Can Get Hold Of Numbers, They Are Invaluable: If Correct, They Assist In Informing His Own Mind, But They Are Still More Useful In Deluding The Minds Of Others. Numbers Are The Masters Of The Weak, But The Slaves Of The Strong.

The Errors Which Arise From The Absence Of Facts Are Far More Numerous And More Durable Than Those Which Result From Unsound Reasoning Respecting True Data.

To Those Who Have Chosen The Profession Of Medicine, A Knowledge Of Chemistry, And Of Some Branches Of Natural History, And, Indeed, Of Several Other Departments Of Science, Affords Useful Assistance.

There Is Nothing In The Nature Of A Miracle That Should Render It Incredible:;: Its Credibility Depends Upon The Nature Of The Evidence By Which It Is Supported. An Event Of Extreme Probability Will Not Necessarily Command Our Belief Unless Upon A Sufficiency Of Proof; And So An Event Which We May Regard As Highly Improbable May Command Our Belief If It Is Sustained By Sufficient Evidence. So That The Credibility Or Incredibility Of An Event Does Not Rest Upon The Nature Of The Event Itself, But Depends Upon The Nature And Sufficiency Of The Proof Which Sustains It.