Charles Sumner: “It will be hardly less important than the Arabic numerals, by which…”

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It will be hardly less important than the Arabic numerals, by which the operations of arithmetic are rendered common to all nations.

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He compares the importance of the metric system to that of Arabic numerals in facilitating arithmetic across nations.

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Charles Sumner: “It will be hardly less important than the Arabic numerals, by which the operations of arithmetic are rendered common to…”