John Leeke, Preservation Consultant wrote:

>>*No, they _don't_ send me money for obvious reasons.*
>>
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>
>Let me see if I've got this straight. If they sent money for obvious
>reasons business would be much easier. Do we think they give us money to
>burn lime and stuff mortar in the brick joint, or to sharpen our pencils
>and draw a line on the paper? If this were so, we'd be rolling in dough.
>Actually they send us money because we remind them of their brother they
>loved and lost in the war, or because their neighbor will see how nice
>their house looks, or spending money helps their head fill their hat. When
>we understand this we are in business and then we get to play with mud and
>draw pictures for the joy that we can find in hard work.
>
>John (nose to the grindstone) Leeke
>
John,

Please keep reminding us.
It is too easy to get distracted in the particulars.

Thanks,
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