As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who… — Arthur Conan Doyle
As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after.
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