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

[Art Deco aka W. Fox]

Melynda,

That's Covenantal Plagiarism to you.

W.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Melynda Huskey
  To: Vision 2020
  Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 12:46 AM
  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


  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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