Four Panes of Different-Colored Glass
StoryAnalogy★★★★In the house on top of Mt. Tom, in Massachusetts, a fine old gentleman used to show the western horizon of the Berkshire foothills through a window that had four panes of different-colored glass. You got an impression of the same landscape through each pane, but through the blue you had the look of winter, through the brown a touch of autumn, through the green a hint of early spring, and through the red a reminder of a summer sunset.
Also attributed to: Robert, Robert Russet Wicks, Unknown
Robert Russell Wicks, The Reason for Living.
The point
A gentleman shows the same Berkshire landscape through four differently colored window panes, each giving a different seasonal impression, illustrating how our perspective or biases color our view of the same truth.