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“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts - for support rather than for illumination.”
 
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Name:   Andrew Lang
 
Nationality:   Scottish
 
Date of Birth:   Mar 31, 1844
 
Date of Death:   Jul 20,  1912
 
Profession:   Poet
 
 
 
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