Re: Another nail in the coffin?

"Steve Smith" <stevesmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Ewan Scott" <ewanscott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> I have a problem with a fool who asserts that his way is the only way.
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> > So Baden Powell was a fool too?
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> I don't pretend to have read enough of BP's work to know, but if he did
say
> something like that, then yes, he was a fool. He had lots of good ideas,
> but if he refused to learn from anybody else, then he was a fool.

He learnt from loads of people but much of his ideas came from personal
observations and thoughts.

Mind you he was also a self declared plagiarist, which is one of the
factors that got him into Sandhurst.

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Stephen Rainsbury
ADC(Scouts) Gillingham Kent
ESL Agathoid Explorer Scout Unit
"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens" - Jimi Hendrix


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