Instead of using only comparative and superlative Words, and intellectual Arguments, I have taken the course to express my self in Terms of Number, Weight, or Measure.
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Born 1623
Born 1623, Romsey. Self-taught clothier son, Oxford anatomy professor. Directed Cromwell's Down Survey of Ireland. Founded political arithmetic, establishing quantitative analysis of economic phenomena.
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