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I believe the calculation of the quantity of probability might be improved to a very useful and pleasant speculation, and applied to a great many events which are accidental, besides those of games only these cases would be infinitely more confused, as depending on chances which the most part of men are ignorant of.

John Arbuthnot

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John Arbuthnot
Age: 67 †
Born: 1667
Born: April 29
Died: 1735
Died: February 27
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