"Each one of us feels in his own experience an insistent
urge to speciahze in order that he may do, not a variety of
things, but a few things better and more quickly. He must
swim with the stream or he will not survive. It is true in
business as in science. In one way this concentration is
good, and in another it is bad. It is good since it is the
essence of progress which makes the world a better place
to hve in, but the individual suffers. The more successful
he is as a specialist, the more difficult it is for him to avoid
becoming narrow-minded. Because he does not understand
the hopes and aspirations of others he may also become
intolerant. He may adopt a condescending attitude toward
his fellows whom he regards as less favored." (Preface)
"Each one of us feels in his own experience an insistent
urge to speciahze in order that he may do, not a variety of
things, but a few things better and more quickly. He must
swim with the stream or he will not survive. It is true in
business as in science. In one way this concentration is
good, and in another it is bad. It is good since it is the
essence of progress which makes the world a better place
to hve in, but the individual suffers. The more successful
he is as a specialist, the more difficult it is for him to avoid
becoming narrow-minded. Because he does not understand
the hopes and aspirations of others he may also become
intolerant. He may adopt a condescending attitude toward
his fellows whom he regards as less favored." (Preface)
McFarland, Joseph, 1868-1945, Professor of Pathology and Bacteriology, Medico- Chirurgial College of Philadelphia; Fellow of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
Comments for "Human biology and racial welfare (1930)"
Biology, general and medical (1920)
By: Joseph McFarland
McFarland, Joseph, 1868-1945, Professor of Pathology and Bacteriology, Medico- Chirurgial College of Philadelphia; Fellow of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
Animal biology (1933)
By: Robert Henry Wolcott
Wolcott, Robert Henry, 1868-1934, Professor of Zoology, Universiiy of Nebraska