Preface of M. Quetelet
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I have been surprised to find how little variety of opinion exists, in different places, regarding what they concurred in terming the beautiful.
— Adolphe Quetelet
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Source: Wikiquote: "Adolphe Quetelet" (Quotes, A Treatise on Man and the Development of His Faculties (1842): A source. Also see People's Edition, Tr. R. Knox & Thomas Smibert, 1st published as Sur L'Homme, et le Développement de ses Facultés (1835))
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About Adolphe Quetelet
Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (or Quételet) (22 February 1796 – 17 February 1874) was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist. He founded and directed the Brussels Observatory and was perpetual secretary of the Royal Academy of Brussels. Quetelet was influential in introducing statistical methods to the social sciences.
About Adolphe Quetelet
Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (or Quételet) (22 February 1796 – 17 February 1874) was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist. He founded and directed the Brussels Observatory and was perpetual secretary of the Royal Academy of Brussels. Quetelet was influential in introducing statistical methods to the social sciences.
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