In general theory special studies by other men cannot play the same part as they do in historical and statistical work.
The statistical contrasts are especially sharp and characteristic when we take into account the chronological sequence in the elaboration of laws.
After 1867 great activity was displayed in history and its allied branches, owing to the direct encouragement given by the Hungarian Historical Society, and by the historical, archaeological, and statistical committees of the academy.
These institutions were the means of collecting a vast amount of statistical and general information connected with agriculture, and by their publications and premiums made known the practices of the best-farmed districts and encouraged their adoption elsewhere.
During thirty years the Monthly was conducted by Sir Richard Phillips, under whom it became more statistical and scientific than literary.