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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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568 |
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AUTHOR:
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John William Gardner (1912–2002) |
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QUOTATION:
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As I said in another connection: “An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is 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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ATTRIBUTION:
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JOHN W. GARDNER, Excellence, Can We Be Equal and Excellent Too?, p. 86 (1961). Gardner was secretary of health, education, and welfare 1965–1968. |
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SUBJECTS:
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Excellence |
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