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examination; and then having acted upon
that hasty answer throughout, it has naturally
lost all practical importance, and so never
does get any serious consideration. If they
were to analyze the case which they fancy sustains
their notion of reciprocal dependence,
they would see that, far from sustaining that
idea, it is quite opposed to it. A student of
one subject say Dr. A may go to a student of another
subject, say Dr. B, and ask him a question and
make use of his answer; and subsequently
the one Dr. B who gave the answer may ask a
question of Dr. A, and if it be a wholly
independent question there is no reason why
he should not derive solid information