Word: acumen
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...evidence. Knowing well the nature of all investigation, his views were always in a plastic state. Whatever conclusions he reached were only working hypotheses to be altered by the next discovery. He had also an infinite patience with even the errors of those who wished to learn, and great acumen in discovering the exact misconception that caused the error. His style of exposition was con cise and clear, with a certain quaintness proceeding from a delicate sense of humor so subtle as hardly to be recognized except by his intimate friends. He added to these qualities a remarkable saneness...