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> [To the intelligent man with an interest in human nature it must often appear strange that so much of the energy of the scientific world has been spent on the study of the body and so little on the study…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thorndike/to-the-intelligent-man-with-an-interest-in-human-nature-it-must-often/)

[Edward Thorndike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thorndike/)

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## More by Edward Thorndike

> [There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison; there is no thinking about things, no putting two and two together; there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thorndike/there-is-no-reasoning-no-process-of-inference-or-comparison-there-is/)

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> [On the whole, the psychological work of the last quarter of the nineteenth century emphasized the study of consciousness to the neglect of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thorndike/on-the-whole-the-psychological-work-of-the-last-quarter-of-the/)

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> [Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thorndike/human-folk-are-as-a-matter-of-fact-eager-to-find-intelligence-in/)

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> [From the lowest animals of which we can affirm intelligence up to man this type of intellect is found.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thorndike/from-the-lowest-animals-of-which-we-can-affirm-intelligence-up-to-man/)

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> [So the animal finally performs in that situation only the fitting act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thorndike/so-the-animal-finally-performs-in-that-situation-only-the-fitting-act/)

[Edward Thorndike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thorndike/)

> [To the intelligent man with an interest in human nature it must often appear strange that so much of the energy of the scientific…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thorndike/to-the-intelligent-man-with-an-interest-in-human-nature-it-must-often/)

[Edward Thorndike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thorndike/)

> [Human education is concerned with certain changes in the intellects, characters and behavior of men, its problems being roughly included under these four topics:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thorndike/human-education-is-concerned-with-certain-changes-in-the-intellects/)

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> [The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thorndike/the-intellectual-evolution-of-the-race-consists-in-an-increase-in-the/)

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> [Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as synonymous with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thorndike/human-beings-are-accustomed-to-think-of-intellect-as-the-power-of/)

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> [For origin and development of human faculty we must look to these processes of association in lower animals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thorndike/for-origin-and-development-of-human-faculty-we-must-look-to-these/)

[Edward Thorndike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thorndike/)

> [This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thorndike/this-growth-in-the-number-speed-of-formation-permanence-delicacy-and/)

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> [Psychology helps to measure the probability that an aim is attainable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thorndike/psychology-helps-to-measure-the-probability-that-an-aim-is-attainable/)

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> [Dogs get lost hundreds of times and no one ever notices it or sends an account of it to a scientific magazine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thorndike/dogs-get-lost-hundreds-of-times-and-no-one-ever-notices-it-or-sends/)

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> [Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thorndike/psychology-is-the-science-of-the-intellects-characters-and-behavior/)

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> [Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thorndike/just-as-the-science-and-art-of-agriculture-depend-upon-chemistry-and/)

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