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Specialism  n.  Devotion to a particular and restricted part or branch of knowledge, art, or science; as, medical specialism.






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"Specialism" Quotes from Famous Books



... thing, that under the new state of things specialism, in the future, must more and more abound. But specialism means subdivision of labor; and with subdivision labor ought to be more completely, more exactly, performed. Let us bow our heads to the inevitable; the day of encyclopaedic learning has gone by. It ...
— On Books and the Housing of Them • William Ewart Gladstone

... and law, to be a profession, it is the only profession in which versatility is not a disadvantage. Specialism at the bar, or by the bedside, leads to perfection and attains results. The great doctor is the great surgeon or the great prescriptionist—he cannot be great in both—and the great lawyer is rarely great, if ever, as counselor ...
— Marse Henry, Complete - An Autobiography • Henry Watterson

... first hand and exclusive information with respect to the development of the case and within eight and forty hours he had effected his arrest and I was the only journalist in the town who was allowed to know anything about it. Had I stayed on in Birmingham I might have developed a sort of specialism in this direction, but circumstances drifted me away and it was not until some years later that I met my friend again and found him to be occupying a position on the detective staff at Scotland Yard. He told me how he came there and, in its way, ...
— Recollections • David Christie Murray



Words linked to "Specialism" :   specialization, specialist, concentration, vocation, career, specialty, specialisation, calling, immersion, speciality, engrossment



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