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"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in phi..." — John W. Gardner
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.
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