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A system of weights and measures born of philosophy, rather than of chance, is what we now seek.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “A system of weights and measures born of philosophy, rather than of chance, is what we now seek.”
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Sumner advocates for a philosophical basis for a new system of weights and measures.
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