“The frontiers of knowledge in the various fields of our subject are expanding at such a rate that, work as hard as one can, one finds oneself further and further away from an understanding of the whole.”
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Breaking into a system or exposing its weaknesses is a good thing because truth and knowledge must win out.
Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.
It is like a voyage of discovery into unknown lands, seeking not for new territory but for new knowledge. It should appeal to those with a good sense of adventure.
The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
