Thomas Carlyle? Patrick Geddes? Robertson Davies? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: When you interpret a visual scene your grasp is limited by your knowledge and preconceptions. The eye can only see what it is prepared to see. The Scottish philosopher and historian Thomas Carlyle said something similar to this. Would you please help me to find …
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A Specialist Knows More and More About Less and Less
William J. Mayo? Nicholas Murray Butler? William Warde Fowler? Patrick Geddes? Mabel M. Barker? Y. Srinivasa Rao? Arthur Bugs Baer? Robert E. Swain? Distinguished Scottish person? Question for Quote Investigator: The modern explosion of knowledge has led to an age of specialization with this concomitant quip: A specialist knows more and more about less and less. …
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