You can only acquire really useful general ideas by first acquiring particular ideas . . . You cannot make bricks without straw. (Arnold Bennett)

You can only acquire really useful general ideas by first acquiring particular ideas . . . You cannot make bricks without straw.

Arnold Bennett

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