A Lesson On Being VERY Careful:
In An Ancient Monastery In A Faraway Place, A New Monk Arrived To Join His
Brothers In Copying Books And Scrolls In The Monastery's Scriptorium.
A Lesson On Being VERY careful:
In an ancient monastery in a faraway place, a new monk arrived to join his
brothers in copying books and scrolls in the monastery's scriptorium.
He was assigned to be a replicator on copies of books that had already been
copied by hand. One day, he asked Father Florian (the rather ancient head of
the scriptorium), "Does not the copying by hand of other copies allow for
error? How do we know we are not copying the mistakes of someone else?
Are they ever checked against the original?" Fr. Florian was taken aback by
the observation of this youthful monk. "A very good point, my son. I will
take one of the latest books down to the vault and compare it against the
original."
Fr. Florian went down to the vault and began his verification. After a day
had passed, the monks began to worry and went down looking for the old
priest. They were sure something must have happened. Going down the many
stairs to the vault, they heard crying. When they opened the door, they
found Fr. Florian sobbing over the new copy and the original ancient book,
both of which were opened before him on the table. It was obvious to all
that the poor man had been crying his heart out for a long time. "What is
the problem, our Revered Father?" asked one of the monks.
"Oh my, Oh my God," sobbed the priest. "In the ancient book of the sacred
rites of priesthood...the word is 'celebrate.'"
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writing a ticket or giving you a warning, you got the feeling that
he would just love to yank you out of the car, right through the
window, and smash your face into the front fender?...