My potential salvation…must remain an unswerving commitment to treat generality only as it emerges from little things that arrest us and open our eyes with “aha” — while direct, abstract, learned assaults upon generalities usually glaze them over.

My potential salvation…must remain an unswerving commitment to treat generality only as it emerges from little things that arrest us and open our eyes with “aha” — while direct, abstract, learned assaults upon generalities usually glaze them over.

– Stephen Jay Gould –

The Flamingo’s Smile: Reflections in Natural History

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