They see through the same spectacles continually.

All broad sentiments, all real catholic humanity expires; and the mind gets gradually stiffened into one position--becomes so habituated to a contracted atmosphere, that it shudders and withers under the least draught of the free air that circulates in the general field of mankind.
Specialism in Society then is, we think, one cause of our present state.
Specialism in study is another.

We doubt whether this has ever been a good thing since the world began; but we are sure it is much worse now than it was.

Formerly, when a man became a specialist, it was out of affection for his subject.

With a somewhat grand devotion he left all the world of Science to follow his true love; and he contrived to find that strange pedantic interest which inspired the man who 'Settled _Hoti's_ business--let it be-- Properly based _Oun--_ Gave us the doctrine of the enclitic _De_, Dead from the waist down.' Nowadays it is quite different.