Weather is a literary specialty, and no untrained hand can turn out a good article on it
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Some things you can't find out; but you will never know you can't by guessing and supposing: no, you have to be patient and go on experimenting until you find out that you can't find out.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Understanding comes through patience and experimentation rather than speculation.
Mark Twain's quote emphasizes the importance of patience and a scientific approach to discovering truths. He argues that instead of merely guessing or making assumptions about what we cannot know, we must be willing to engage in a process of experimentation to reach realistic conclusions, acknowledging that some things may be beyond our understanding.
Themes
PatienceExperimentationKnowledgeUnderstandingTruth
In practice
Example use cases
In a scientific research presentation to emphasize the importance of patience in experimentation.
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