He [my father] taught me: "See that bird? It’s a Spencer's
warbler." (I knew he didn't know the real name.)
"Well, in Italian it's Chutto Lapittitda. In
Portuguese, it is Bom Da Peida. ... You can know the
name of the bird in all the languages of the world,
but when you're finished, you'll know nothing
whatsoever about the world. You'll know about the
humans in different places, and what they call the
bird. So let's look at the bird and see what it is
doing -- that's what counts." I learned very early
from my father the difference between knowing the
name of something and knowing something.”
