Higher (l)earning

Features a quote from the author's 'The Snobbishness of the Learned'(1936). Opinion that men can gain a reputation in the academic world simply by using long enough words; How a person can become a founder of a school of psychology merely by using the technical terms of physiology in their discourse.

By W.T. Stace, published on May 01, 1995

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'A man may write whole books of what is either totally meaningless orpalpably false, and may secure by doing so a wide reputation, provided only that he uses long enough words. . . .If he interlards his whole discourse with the technical terms of physiology, he may become the founder of a school of psychology, and stands a good chance of earning an enormous salary."