A young college student, considered...
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A young college student, considered to be an intellectual, announced to a group of friends one day that he would believe nothing that he could not understand. Another student, who lived on a nearby farm, turned to the intellectual and remarked, "As I was driving into campus today, I passed a field in which some sheep were grazing. Do you believe it?"
"Sure," replied the other student.
"Not far from the sheep," the student-farmer said, "some calves were browsing. Do you believe it?"
"Yes."
"And not too far down the road a gaggle of geese were feeding. Do you believe this?"
"I guess so," was the reply.
"Well," said the student from the farm, "the grass that the sheep ate will turn into wool; the grass that the calves ate will turn into hair; and the grass that the geese ate will turn into feathers. So you believe this?"
"Umm ... Yes, I do," the too-smart student answered.
"But do you understand it?"
"Not really," the student said, somewhat puzzled.
"You know," declared the student-farmer, "if you live long enough, you will find that there are a great many things you will believe without understanding."
--Cavanaugh
"Sure," replied the other student.
"Not far from the sheep," the student-farmer said, "some calves were browsing. Do you believe it?"
"Yes."
"And not too far down the road a gaggle of geese were feeding. Do you believe this?"
"I guess so," was the reply.
"Well," said the student from the farm, "the grass that the sheep ate will turn into wool; the grass that the calves ate will turn into hair; and the grass that the geese ate will turn into feathers. So you believe this?"
"Umm ... Yes, I do," the too-smart student answered.
"But do you understand it?"
"Not really," the student said, somewhat puzzled.
"You know," declared the student-farmer, "if you live long enough, you will find that there are a great many things you will believe without understanding."
--Cavanaugh
