form.

A rich man in leaving a fortune to his son would more than double the
value of the inheritance if he could teach him properly to _appreciate_
wealth and form in him the disposition and ability to use it wisely.
In the same way the best part of knowledge is not simply its
possession, but an appreciation of its value. The method of reaching
scientific knowledge through the inductive process, that is by the
collection and comparison of data with a view to positive insight, will
give greater meaning to the results. Interest is awakened and
self-activity exercised at every step in the progress toward general
truths. By the reflective habit these truths will be seen in their
origin and causal connection, and the line of similarity, contrast,
causal relation, analogy and coincidence will be thoughtfully traced.

Possibly the progress toward formulated knowledge will be less rapid by
induction, but it will be real progress with no backward steps. It may
well be doubted whether, with average minds, real scientific knowledge
is attainable except by a strong admixture of inductive processes.
Perfection in the form and structure of our concepts is not to be
attained by children nor by adults, but the ideal of scientific
accuracy in general notions is to be kept constantly in view and
approximated to the extent of our ability.

After all, _deduction_ performs a much more important part in the work
of building up concepts than the previous discussion would indicate.
As fast as psychical concepts are formed we clamber upon them and try
to get a better view of the field around us. Like captured guns, we
turn them at once upon the enemy and make them perform service in new
fields of conquest. If a new case or object appears we judge of it in
the light of our acquired concepts, no matter whether they are complete
and accurate or not. This is deduction. We are glad to gain any
vantage ground in judging the objects and phenomena constantly
presenting themselves. In fact, it is inevitable that inductive and
deductive processes will be constantly dovetailed into each other. The
faulty concepts arrived at are brought persistently into contact with
new individual cases. They are thus corrected, enlarged, and more
accurately grasped. This is the series of mental stepping-stones that
leads up gradually to logical concepts. The inductive process is the
fundamental one and deduction comes in at every step to brace it up.
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