However, Quetelet was not satisfied with this argument and, years later, in his 1848 work, he declared instead that: "it seems we have direct proof that not only is the average man not impossible, as we came to believe [in 1835], but he is necessary.
Sin embargo, Quetelet no se conformará con ese argumento y, años más tarde, en su texto de 1848, preferirá afirmar: "parece que tenemos una prueba directa de que no solamente el hombre medio no es imposible, como llegamos a creer [en 1835] sino que él es necesario.