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authorphk <phk@FreeBSD.org>2006-10-07 08:29:20 +0000
committerphk <phk@FreeBSD.org>2006-10-07 08:29:20 +0000
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Add a delightful typographic gem I discovered on page 143 in Edward
Tuftes book "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information" The constant width font does not quite do the typeset original justice, but it is is good enough for a fortune.
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@@ -5192,6 +5192,22 @@ music at top volume and at least a pint of ether.
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+ THE
+ NORMAL
+ LAW OF ERROR
+ STANDS OUT IN THE
+ EXPERIENCE OF MANKIND
+ AS ONE OF THE BROADEST
+ GENERALIZATIONS OF NATURAL
+ PHILOSOPHY * IT SERVES AS THE
+ GUIDING INSTRUMENT IN RESEARCHES
+ IN THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AND
+ IN MEDICINE, AGRICULTURE AND ENGINEERING *
+ IT IS AN INDISPENSABLE TOOL FOR THE ANALYSIS AND THE
+INTERPRETATION OF THE BASIC DATA OBTAINED BY OBSERVATION AND EXPERIMENT
+
+ -- W. J. Youden
+%
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