William Feller (1906–1970) Croatian-American mathematician
Source: An Introduction To Probability Theory And Its Applications (Third Edition), Chapter III, Fluctuations In Coin Tossing And Random Walks, p. 92.
“Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.”
The Death of Wallenstein, Act v, scene 1
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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