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Subject:Re: To err is human From:"Wayne J. Douglass" <wayned -at- VERITY -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 25 Feb 1997 09:39:27 -0800
At 08:40 AM 2/25/97 -0700, Kurt Schwemmer wrote:
>It reminds me of what I have read about Amish quilts--which are costly and
>among the finest in the world. Purchasers often search their quilts
>intently, for the Amish always include a deliberate mistake; a humble
>admission that only God is perfect.
>
>Our aim is perfection, of course. This should be especially true in the
>case of resumes. However, errors happen to the best of us.
>
It has been said that we must decide between perfection of the life or of
the work. The Amish have made their decision.
--Wayne Douglass
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