Modern Wisdom is a Piano Tuner

Modern wisdom is a Piano Tuner,
Who, knowing that slight variations in
The piano's pitches---making them slightly 
Unsymmetrical---Makes a more pleasant 
Sounding piano scale. They then augment
This knowledge as a general rule of
Life---without first understanding that a 
Basic knowledge of the symmetry gets
One closer to the object, than having
None at all.---This, our wisdom and folly.