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" IT was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy... "
Psychology Applied to Medicine: Introductory Studies - Page 39
by David Washburn Wells - 1907 - 141 pages
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The Blessings of the Curse: No More Periods?

Susan Rako - 2006 - 197 pages
...was no doubt useful in his work as attorney, editor, and politician. The Blind Men and the Elephant It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The...
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Rhymes of the Mines: Life in the Underground

2006 - 148 pages
...reference "to see the elephant" came from until I came across this poem. Ed. Jhe Six plind fien There were six men of Indostan, To learning much inclined, Who went to see the elephant (Though all of them were blind,) That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The...
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Presumption and the Practices of Tentative Cognition

Nicholas Rescher - 2006 - 166 pages
...Godfry Saxe's poem "The Blind Men and the Elephant," which tells the story of certain blind sages, those "six men of Indostan / To learning much inclined / Who went to see the elephant / (Though all of them were blind)." One sage touched the elephant's "broad and sturdy...
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Faster Construction Projects with CPM Scheduling

Murray Woolf - 2007 - 456 pages
...American poet John Godfrey Saxe called The Blind Men and the Elephant. It is fun to recall it here: It was six men of Indostan to learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation might satisfy his mind. The...
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Twilight in the Vineyard

Jojean - 2007 - 462 pages
...before the night falls and all work comes to an end. John 9:4 LB ELEPHflNT John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887) It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The...
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The Novel and the Menagerie: Totality, Englishness, and Empire

Kurt Koenigsberger - 2007 - 294 pages
...books, and school songbooks. Saxe, an American poet, rendered into verse an Indian oral folktale about six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind.112 Intended...
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The Medical Basis of Psychiatry

S. Hossein Fatemi, Paula J. Clayton - 2008 - 799 pages
...each other mean; And prate about an Elephant Not one of them has seen ! — John Godfrey Saxe Addendum It was six men of Indostan, To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. References...
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The Role of Theory in Advancing 21st-Century Biology: Catalyzing ...

National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Life Sciences, Committee on Defining and Advancing the Conceptual Basis of Biological Sciences in the 21st Century - 2008 - 208 pages
...THEORY IN ADVANCING 21ST-CENTURY BIOLOGY Elephant illustration © Jason Hunt (naturalchild.org/jason) It was six men of Indostan, To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The...
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Ordaining Reality: The Science Behind the Power of Positive Thinking

Joseph E. Donlan - 2008 - 514 pages
...poet, John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887), written as his interpretive version of this famous Indian lesson: It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The...
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