ABSTRACT

Again, he will lie awake nights wondering whether to sell his Lockheed or not, but will not even try to frame a policy that will help him next month with Socony Mobil, and next year with Chrysler.

There are times when we should look for differences, keeping in mind that everything and every event, in spite of similarities, is unique in some respects. There are other times when it is important to look for similarities. So long as we do not make the mistake of considering “similar” to mean “identical,” we can draw some valid conclusions by means of these similarities.