It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on things in general. The farmer philosophizes in terms of crops, soils, markets, and implements, the mechanic generalizes his experiences of wood and iron, the seaman reaches similar conclusions by his own special road; and if the scholar keeps pace with these it must be by an equally virile productivity.

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Charles Horton Cooley: "It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on things in general. The farmer philosophizes in terms of crops, soils, markets, and implements, the mechanic generalizes his experiences of wood and iron, the seaman reaches similar conclusions by his own special road; and if the scholar keeps pace with these it must be by an equally virile productivity."

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Common	Conclusions	Crops	Equally
Experiences	Farmer	General	Generalizes
Hearing	Implements	Intimately	Iron
Keeps	Knows	Markets	Matter
Mechanic	Must	Observation	Pace
Philosophizes	Productivity	Reaches	Road
Scholar	Seaman	Similar	Soils
Special	Surely	Terms	These
Thing	Things	Views	Virile
Wood	Worth

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It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on things in general. The farmer philosophizes in terms of crops, soils, markets, and implements, the mechanic generalizes his experiences of wood and iron, the seaman reaches similar conclusions by his own special road; and if the scholar keeps pace with these it must be by an equally virile productivity. - Charles Horton Cooley