¶ Pull
Index Entry
Pull:
“In all our experiences there are relatively few principles that are operative in nature; as for instance we had the first instance when we tried to pull something as a child. We tried to pull paper apart, pull books apart, and then we began to try to pull sheets apart and we tried pulling things apart. Then we get onto a boat and someone says “Hold on to that rope,” and you find you are pulling very hard. They say pull this way and then that way-- one is called a sheet and one a halyard and so forth. You have this experience on a special boat and are very excited and for many years you will always think about the “Primrose” and your fun sailing the ‘Primrose’ on this special day. You gradually get into other boats and you find there are the same kind of things to be pulled. And you find there is a general kind of thing to be pulled in contradistinction to things that are pushed. This is what we call a generalization. We are beginning to discover patterns that persist, principles that are operative independent of whether the rope was white, or dirty, or yellow, whether it was plastic or whatever it was, you still pulled it.”
¶ Citations
- Oregon Lecture #2, p. 55. 2 Jul’62
