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Editorial
June 2, 1949
Marion Progress
Marion, Mcdowell County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
An editorial advocating the importance of book-intelligence alongside practical experience, arguing that intelligence is essential for solving world problems and that dismissing it is foolish.
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INTELLIGENCE VITAL TO LIFE
Let's not make the mistake of underestimating intelligence.
Too many people take every opportunity to say smart things about the man of book-intelligence, suggesting that they believe that this is a big joke.
No problem of the world will be solved by emotion. No great benefit comes to the world except through change. Thousands of experiments would have been valueless without a trained mind to read their messages and apply them truthfully.
It is all right for a man to take pride in his experience, garnered through the years. He has something that is distinctly an asset to him. However, let him not under-estimate the value of so-called book intelligence, if he has little of it.
Experience and intelligence together will solve many problems that neither, alone, can handle. The man without either is badly handicapped. He who pokes fun at intelligence is as foolish as the book-worm, who imagines he can understand all of life by reading between the covers of the printed word.
Let's not make the mistake of underestimating intelligence.
Too many people take every opportunity to say smart things about the man of book-intelligence, suggesting that they believe that this is a big joke.
No problem of the world will be solved by emotion. No great benefit comes to the world except through change. Thousands of experiments would have been valueless without a trained mind to read their messages and apply them truthfully.
It is all right for a man to take pride in his experience, garnered through the years. He has something that is distinctly an asset to him. However, let him not under-estimate the value of so-called book intelligence, if he has little of it.
Experience and intelligence together will solve many problems that neither, alone, can handle. The man without either is badly handicapped. He who pokes fun at intelligence is as foolish as the book-worm, who imagines he can understand all of life by reading between the covers of the printed word.
What sub-type of article is it?
Education
What keywords are associated?
Book Intelligence
Practical Experience
Solving Problems
Trained Mind
Emotional Decisions
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Value Of Book Intelligence And Experience
Stance / Tone
Advocacy For Combining Intelligence And Experience
Key Arguments
Underestimating Intelligence Is A Mistake
World Problems Require Intelligence, Not Emotion
Benefits Come Through Change Enabled By Trained Minds
Experience Is Valuable But Should Not Dismiss Book Intelligence
Intelligence And Experience Together Solve Problems
Mocking Intelligence Is Foolish, Like The Book Worm's Overreliance On Books