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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

John W. Gardner Biography

  Nationality: American
Type: Educator

Born: October 8, 1912
Death: February 16, 2002
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