The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations. (Edward Thorndike)

The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations.

Edward Thorndike

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