Quote by: William Petty

Wherefore the race being not to the swift, etc. but time and chance happening to all men, I leave the Judgement of the whole to the Candid, of whose correction I shall never be impatient.


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  • NameWilliam Petty
  • DescriptionEnglish economist, scientist and philosopher.
  • AliasesTrue Protestant and well-wisher of his countrey
  • BornMay 26, 1623
  • DiedDecember 16, 1687
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionEconomist; Mathematician; Author; Philosopher; Statistician