WISE MEN AND THE ELEPHANT

a reference to "The Blind Men and the Elephant," a fable in which six blind men went to observe an elephant to learn what it was. Each man in his turn approached the elephant and as he could not see it, eacha reference to an old story about four wise men who had never seen an elephant before but only felt over one with blindfolds on. Never having seen an elephant, their very learned and wise sounding descriptions of the nature of an elephant were quite outrageous. The ancient example of the wise men and the elephant is a very poor exarnple compared to an audiitor attempting to audit a pc when the auditor has no familiarity with the mind. -Principles of Auditing (5 Sept. 61) a reference to an old story about four wise men who had never seen an elephant before but only felt over one with blindfolds on. Never having seen an elephant, their very learned and wise sounding descriptions of the nature of an elephant were quite outrageous.