Excerpt from Principles of Statistical Inquiry: As Illustrated in Proposals for Uniting an Examination; Into the Resources of the United States; With the Census to Be Taken in 1840 The following Essays, do not aspire to the character of a statistical treatise, nor to that of a full examination into the abstract principles of statistical inquiry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.