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You and i are forever at the mercy of the census-taker and the census-maker. that impertinent fellow who goes from house to house is one of the real masters of the statistical situation. the other is the man who organizes the results.
-Walter Lippmann
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Walter Lippmann
You and i are forever at the mercy of the census-taker and the census-maker. that impertinent fellow who goes from house to house is one of the real masters of the statistical situation. the other is the man who organizes the results.
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