Quote of the Day for July 4, 2009


Birthday of Gerard Debreu (1921-2004).
185: From Macaulay, Southey\'s Colloquies on Society:

    Thus it is that Mr. Southey reasons about matters with which he thinks himself perfectly conversant. We cannot, therefore, be surprised to find that he commits extraordinary blunders when he writes on points of which he acknowledges himself to be ignorant. He confesses that he is not versed in political economy, and that he has neither liking nor aptitude for it; and he then proceeds to read the public a lecture concerning it which fully bears out his confession.

    SC.24 (paragraph number)

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