[Vision2020] Kimmell, Lee, and those inconvenient quotation marks

Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Sat Aug 21 07:15:31 PDT 2004


Melynda -

 

You must realize that Commissioner Kimmell is probably an honor graduate of
Doug "It isn't plagiarism if you bootleg" Wilson's Creative Concepts of
Publishing.

 

Tom Hansen 

Having been duly ordained as "Smackwater Jack" by Pope Joan (who uses her
own words)

 

 

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From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Melynda Huskey
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 11:46 PM
To: Vision 2020
Subject: [Vision2020] Kimmell, Lee, and those inconvenient quotation marks

 

In Vera White's column, she notes that Commissioner Kimmell presented a
leadership seminar on Robert E. Lee.  Leaving aside all matters of taste,
time, or common sense in such a presentation for the moment, I paused over
this quotation:

 

" 'Understanding and Applying the Leadership Principles of General Robert E.
Lee' describes Lee as a leader for all ages who 'remade a rag-tag bunch of
men into one of the most impressive fighting forces history has ever known.'
Further, 'as a business man, he took a debt-ridden Virginia plantation and
streamlined its operations; and as a teacher who turned a backwater college
into a prestigious university.' "

Interestingly, those exact words can be found here:  

 <http://www.ashbrook.org/books/crocker.html>
http://www.ashbrook.org/books/crocker.html

 

in a review of  H.W. Crooker III's *Robert E. Lee on Leadership:  Executive
Lessons in Character, Courage, and Vision.*

"In this remarkable book, you'll learn the keys to Lee's greatness as a man
and as a leader. You'll find a general whose standards for personal
excellence were second to none, whose leadership was founded on the highest
moral principles, and whose character was made of steel. You'll see how he
remade a rag-tag bunch of men into one of the most impressive fighting
forces history has ever known. You'll also discover other sides of Lee-the
businessman who inherited the debt-ridden Arlington plantation and
streamlined its operations, the teacher who took a backwater college and
made it into a prestigious university, and the motivator who inspired those
he led to achieve more than they ever dreamed possible."

Call me suspicious, but I wonder--did Kimmell cite Crooker's book?  Or has
that naughty little plagiarism bug bitten him too?

Melynda Huskey

P.S.  Ah, yes, Washington and Lee.  In 1916 the football team honored Lee's
legacy by refusing to play football against Rutgers, since a black man, Paul
Robeson, was a member of the team.  What a proud heritage. 


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