Quote#Wisdom
Some confidence there must be between merchant and manufacturer. In…
Quote byEdward Macnaghten, Baron Macnaghten · 1830–1913
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Drummond v. Van Ingen (1887), L. R. 12 Ap. Cas. 297..
English (original)
Some confidence there must be between merchant and manufacturer. In matters exclusively within the province of the manufacturer the merchant relies on the manufacturer's skill, and he does so all the more readily when he has had the benefit of that skill before.
— Edward Macnaghten, Baron Macnaghten
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