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June 9, 2011
Be Excellent in All Things
“The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.” -- John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health Education and Welfare under JFK [HT: RJL]
Posted by Vanderleun at June 9, 2011 7:50 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Currently, we have no philosophy, well perhaps one of plunder, and soon it will be entrenching tools and latrines.
Posted by: Peccable at June 9, 2011 9:47 AM
Plumbers make a living removing shit, philosophers in creating it.
Posted by: Blastineau at June 9, 2011 5:49 PM
@ (im)peccable & new blast
ex nihil nihil fit
thanx for nothing
please.....
Posted by: John Hinds at June 9, 2011 6:44 PM
Well Mr. Hinds, that was certainly less that a visit to the mountain...
Posted by: Peccable at June 10, 2011 4:20 AM
If you mulched every Ivy League University and you mulched an equal weight of community colleges, the loss of the community colleges would cause more damage to the nation than the loss of the Ivies.
Posted by: Mikey NTH at June 10, 2011 12:13 PM