Charles Sedgwick Minot Quote

A generalization is a mountain of observations; from the summit the outlook is broad. The great observer climbs to the outlook, while the mere thinker struggles to imagine it.


Fifty-first meeting, The Problem of Consciousness in Its Biological Aspects, Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, June-July 1902 (p. 269)


A generalization is a mountain of observations; from the summit the outlook is broad. The great observer climbs to the outlook, while the mere...

A generalization is a mountain of observations; from the summit the outlook is broad. The great observer climbs to the outlook, while the mere...

A generalization is a mountain of observations; from the summit the outlook is broad. The great observer climbs to the outlook, while the mere...

A generalization is a mountain of observations; from the summit the outlook is broad. The great observer climbs to the outlook, while the mere...