If I write in my name to the agents of England and France residing in Asia and inform them that Japan is ready to make a commercial treaty with their countries, the number of steamers will be reduced from fifty to two or three.
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Nationality: American Type: Businessman Born: 1804 Death: 1878 |
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
No one knows anything about economics. It's the great lie of the economists. By contrast in football people might have contrasting opinions, each of which has some validity. But the economists always speak in conditionals - what a mess.