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Excerpt from The North American Arithmetic, Vol. 3: Part Third, for Advanced Scholars Without the use of numbers, we cannot know precise ly how much any quantity is, nor make any exact com parison of quantities. And it is by comparison only, that we value all quantities; since an Object, viewed by itself, cannot be considered either great or small, muc or lit tle; it can be so only in its relation to some other Object, that is smaller or greater. Arithmetic treats of numbers: it demonstrates their various properties and relations; and hence it is called the Science of numbers. It also teaches the methods of computing by numbers; and hence it is call ed the Art Of numbering. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.