Nehaveigur

Plato, despair! 
We prove by norms 
How numbers bear 
Empiric forms, 

How random wrong 
Will average right 
If time be long 
And error slight; 

But in our hearts 
Hyperbole 
Curves and departs 
To infinity. 

Error is boundless. 
Nor hope nor doubt, 
Though both be groundless, 
Will average out. 

J.V. Cunningham: Meditation on Statistical Method