• We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker’s dam is the history we make today. (Henry Ford) • Tradition is an explanation for acting without thinking. (Gracie McGarvie) Of course, debated matters are seldom simple. And so some have tried to explain the complexity of tradition and why we have opposing reactions to it. For example, we can distinguish between a healthy regard for the great people and the good things of our past, as contrasted
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