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The society that scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will neither have good plumbing nor good philosophy. However, Thompson is significant because its facts do not portray the same degree of shoddiness apparent in the other cases (i. The shoddiness of Flora's English discredits her pursuit of an American home and confirms her marginal status in relation to the "sophisticated" 1890s reader. |
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