Quote#Art
The Art of Sight Recognition, being no longer needed, was no longer…
Quote byEdwin Abbott Abbott · 1838–1926
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: PART I: THIS WORLD, Chapter 9. Of the Universal Colour Bill.
English (original)
The Art of Sight Recognition, being no longer needed, was no longer practised; and the studies of Geometry, Statics, Kinetics, and other kindred subjects, came soon to be considered superfluous, and fell into disrespect and neglect even at our University. The inferior Art of Feeling speedily experienced the same fate at our Elementary Schools....
— Edwin Abbott Abbott
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