Even In The Best Of Lives, Mistakes

[quoting Someone Else] The American Constitution Is A Document Designed By Geniuses To Be Eventually Interpreted By Idiots

I Deeply Regret Having Let Stand And Later Confirming The Assumption That I Went To Vietnam. For This And Any Other Distortions About My Personal Life, I Want To Apologize To My Family, Friends, Colleagues And Students. Beyond That Circle, However, I Shall Have No Further Comment.

Chronology, So The Saying Goes, Is The Last Refuge Of The Feeble-minded And The Only Resort For Historians.

Grand Visions, Even Those As Prescient As Washington's, Must Nevertheless Negotiate The Damnable Particularities That History In The Short Run Tosses Up Before History In The Long Run Arrives To Validate The Vision.

Remember Sometimes Just The Rush Of Having A Crush Is A Temptation, Even If It Is Inappropriate, But Beware Of Playing With Fire, You Will Get Burned.