<HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif">" '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.' "</FONT></FONT></DIV> <P><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>Interestingly, those exact words can be found here: </FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A href="http://www.ashbrook.org/books/crocker.html"><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>http://www.ashbrook.org/books/crocker.html</FONT></A></P> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>in a review of H.W. Crooker III's *Robert E. Lee on Leadership: Executive Lessons in Character, Courage, and Vision.*</FONT></DIV> <DIV> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>"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 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City><st1:place>Arlington</st1:place></st1:City> 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."</FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Call me suspicious, but I wonder--did Kimmell cite Crooker's book? Or has that naughty little plagiarism bug bitten him too?</FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Melynda Huskey</FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>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. </FONT></P></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML><br clear=all><hr>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <a href='http://explorer.msn.com'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>