"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought."
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Matsuo Basho
(1644-1694) Japanese poet of the Edo period
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Amerika's tradition of stare decicis is a receipt for disaster, a foundation for tyranny's most heinous applications and the process for losing what the wise founders of the de jure States united sought for.
 -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    Such brevity, such wisdom.
     -- Bob, Charlotte, VT     
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    Sorry -- I should have indicated I meant Basho's comment.
    ( Not to disparage Mike, but .. y'know what I mean ?! )
     -- Bob, Charlotte, VT     
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    I like it. ;-) Good point, Mike.
     -- E Archer, NYC     
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    (-; I like it ;-)
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    Unfortunately this could mean that the wise found wisdom only after faulty steps, and that the question phase should be prompted way in advance by starting immediately. 
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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