Estimating is what you do when you don't know.
If . . . a principle of true Religion [i.e., true Christianity] should . . . gain ground, there is no estimating the effects on public morals, and the consequent influence on our political welfare.
The art of drawing conclusions from experiments and observations consists in evaluating probabilities and in estimating whether they are sufficiently great or numerous enough to constitute proofs. This kind of calculation is more complicated and more difficult than it is commonly thought to be. . . .
When I was a graduate student, estimating and interpreting distributed lags topped the agenda of macroeconomists and other applied economists.
Imust have a London audience.I could never preach, but to the educated; to those who were capable of estimating my composition.
