the one way by which new ideas come about

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Above Roy R. Behrens, Carry Out. Digital montage, © 2021.

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Francis A. Cartier—

There is only one way in which a person acquires a new idea: by the combination or association of two or more ideas he already has into a new juxtaposition in such a manner as to discover a relationship among them of which he was not previously aware. An idea is a feat of association.