diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
index fdee8a099698..fb1744d451e6 100644
--- a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
+++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
@@ -5191,6 +5191,22 @@ music at top volume and at least a pint of ether.
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+%
+                              THE
+                             NORMAL
+                          LAW OF ERROR
+                        STANDS OUT IN THE
+                      EXPERIENCE OF MANKIND
+                     AS ONE  OF THE BROADEST
+                    GENERALIZATIONS OF NATURAL
+                  PHILOSOPHY * IT SERVES AS THE
+                GUIDING INSTRUMENT IN RESEARCHES
+             IN THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AND
+            IN MEDICINE, AGRICULTURE AND ENGINEERING *
+       IT IS AN INDISPENSABLE TOOL FOR THE ANALYSIS AND THE
+INTERPRETATION OF THE BASIC DATA OBTAINED BY OBSERVATION AND EXPERIMENT
+
+                -- W. J. Youden
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