“Men in general are very slow to enter into what is reckoned a new thing; and there seems to be a very universal as well as great reluctance to undergo the drudgery of acquiring information that seems not to be absolutely necessary.”

—  William Playfair

Observations on the Trade with North america, Chart V, page 29.
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