"A stage of precision is barren without a previous stage of romance: unless there are facts which have already been vaguely apprehended in their broad generality, the previous analysis is an analysis of nothing. It is simply a series of meaningless statements about bare facts, produced artificially and without any further relevance."
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A. N. Whitehead, "The Rhythm of Education," in The Aims of Education and Other Essays (1957)
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