human
But that isn't all of it, said Professor Hastings in the midst of a discussion.
gpt
This fanaticism for veracity Huxley talks about isn't all of it by any means. Any of us can get together a lot of facts. It takes the big man to know what the facts mean.
human
Somebody said that truth was the soul of facts, said Beason, in the uncertain way he talked of anything outside tabulated knowledge.
gpt
But I suppose that's just one of those things people say.
human
Yes--but is it? Isn't it true? Why is Hubers greater than the rest of us? It isn't that he works harder. We all work. It isn't that he's more exact. We're all exact. Isn't it that very thing of having a genius for getting the soul out of his facts? That man looks a long way ahead--smells truth away off, as it were. I tell you, Mr. Beason, scientific training kills many men for research work. They're afraid to move more than inch by inch. They won't take any jumps. Now Dr. Hubers jumps; I've seen him do it. Of course, after he's made his jump he goes back and sees that there aren't any ditches in between, but he's not afraid of a leap in the dark. That's his own peculiar gift. Most of us are not made for jumping.
gpt
But that doesn't sound like the scientific method,
human
I'll admit it wouldn't do for general practice, replied the older man, a twinkle in his eye.
gpt
The spirit has to move you, or you wouldn't gain anything but a broken neck.
human
Yes, but that thing of a spirit moving you, said Beason, more sure of himself here,
gpt
And to a man like Dr. Hubers --very quietly and firmly--
human
They're entirely distinct,
gpt
So it seems to you; but I'm a year or two older than you are, Mr. Beason, and the longer I live the more firmly I believe that there is such a thing as an intuitive sense of truth. If there isn't, why is Dr. Hubers a greater man than I am?