Thanks again, Mike. That one is also close, but it's more 'cumbersome' than even the first one you uncovered. So, perhaps James is not the author.
I appreciate your efforts very much. And this is my third post for the day. Ugh ... Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Cc: "Michael Palij" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 1:42:04 PM Subject: Re: [tips] CBC News: 10 popular quotes, and who really said them On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 10:06:43 -0800, Miguel Roig wrote: >Thanks for your response, Mike. What you have uncovered >surely conveys the same thought. However, I could have >sworn that I had heard/read a more succinct version not >unlike the one I posted with my request. I wanted to use >it in the context of a comment I made in response to this >APS Observer article, > http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2014/january-14/seeing-in-the-dark-no-superhero-powers-necessary.html > > , >but at the time I could not locate the exact quote, or its author >who my colleague thought might have been William James. The closest I have come to the quote in James' is the following: http://books.google.com/books?id=JdOfX6i0w5gC&pg=PT748&lpg=PT748&dq=%22The+entire+accumulated+wealth+of+mankind%22+James&source=bl&ots=k57Zh7bysi&sig=cN7vvqKXN1KvvmBEzOp_NZugtEY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zo7RUt69KvOssQS_x4HIDA&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22The%20entire%20accumulated%20wealth%20of%20mankind%22%20James&f=false But James' statement is only vaguely similar: |"The entire accumulated wealth of mankind -- language, arts, institutions, |and sciences -- is passed from one generation to another by what Baldwin | has called social heredity, each generation simply imitating the last." This is post #3 for me today, so if I find anything y'all have to wait until tomorrow. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Cc: "Michael Palij" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 12:39:52 PM Subject: Re: [tips] CBC News: 10 popular quotes, and who really said them On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 04:37:58 -0800, Miguel Roig wrote: [snip] >BTW, while on the subject of quotes. Can anyone track down >the actual quote (and its author) that goes something like this: >"The function of each generation of researchers is to rediscover >what the previous generation did". The quote above is odd in that components do not appear in any sources via Google search, both web and books (e.g., "function of each generation"). It's clear that this refers to science or other research endeavor and it has a very different sense than the old saying of researchers standing on the "shoulders of giants" (attributed to Newton but appears to be original with Bernard of Chartres; see: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton ) However, I have come across a statement that is close in meaning to the above quote but it does not have an attribution; see: http://jdeveland.com/?p=490 |There is no doubt that each generation needs to rediscover |territory pioneered by previous generations, and usually to |drape it in new and distinctive clothing. But it does seem a |shame that these rediscoveries can only establish their value |by claiming to have found something new and unique. This statement may be based on comments from another source but that is another paper chase. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=1133043.af3ec43309a63197bc82eb6702801542&n=T&l=tips&o=32641 or send a blank email to leave-32641-1133043.af3ec43309a63197bc82eb6702801...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=32642 or send a blank email to leave-32642-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
