 It is the essence of the act of observing ; for the observer is not he who merely sees the thing which is before his eyes, but he who sees what parts that thing is composed of. To do this well is a rare talent. One person, from inattention, or attending...  The Popular Science Monthly - Page 1701885Full view - About this book
 | John Stuart Mill - 1852 - 640 pages
...parts that thing is composed of. To do this well is a rare talent. One person, from inattention, or attending only in the wrong place, overlooks half...he sees ; another sets down much more than he sees, confouiiding it with what he imagines, or with what he infers ; another takes note of the kind of all... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1858 - 666 pages
...intellect differs immensely from another. It is the essence of the act of observing ; for the observer is not he who merely sees the thing which is before his eyos, but he who sees what parts that thing is composed of. To do this well is a rare talent. One person,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1859 - 632 pages
...parts that thing is composed of. To do this well is a rare talent. One person, from inattention, or attending only in the wrong place, overlooks half...down much more than he sees, confounding it with what hi imagines, or with what he infers ; another takes note of the kind of all the circumstances, but... | |
 | 1868 - 978 pages
...to observe," or " how to observe " with any effectiveness. " The observer is not," JS Mill says, " he who merely sees the thing which is before his eyes,...he who sees what parts that thing is composed of," or the precise qualities of which it is possessed. " There is not properly an art of observing : there... | |
 | Palaestra Oxoniensis - 1875 - 134 pages
...infer from the facts observed. ' To do this well is a rare talent. One person, from inattention, or attending only in the wrong place, overlooks half...he sees, confounding it with what he imagines, or what he infers ; another takes note of the kind of all the circumstances, but being inexpert in estimating... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1884 - 660 pages
...parts that thing is composed of. To do this well is a rare talent. One person, from inattention, or attending only in the wrong place, overlooks half of what he sees ; another seta down much more than he sees, confounding it with what he imagines, or with what he infers ; another... | |
 | William James - 1908 - 722 pages
...nimmt forbear to quote it. " The observer is not he who merely sees the thing which is before h ia eyes, but he who sees what parts that thing is composed of. To do this •well is a rare talent. One person, from inattention, or attending only in the wrong place,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1900 - 696 pages
...another. It is the essence of the act of observing, for the observer is not he who merely sees thé thing which is before his eyes, but he who sees what parts that thing is composed of. To do this well is a rare talent. One person, from inattention, or attending only in the wrong place,... | |
 | George Iles - 1906 - 604 pages
...of a target. How much goes to sound observing is thus stated by John Stuart Mill,— "The observer is not he who merely sees the thing which is before his eyes, but he who sees what parts the thing is composed of. One person, from inattention, or attending only in the wrong place, overlooks... | |
 | George Iles - 1906 - 586 pages
...of a target. How much goes to sound observing is thus stated by John Stuart Mill,— "The observer is not he who merely sees the thing which is before his eyes, but he who sees what parts the thing is composed of. One person, from inattention, or attending only in the wrong place, overlooks... | |
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