The Apostle knew from hard...
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The Apostle knew from hard, and sometimes bitter, experience that those who do a good thing will never please everyone.
John Erskine, U.S. educator and professor at Columbia University, put forth some theories that polarized the academic community of his day. People either loved or hated them. On one occasion he took a train to Chattanooga, Tennessee, to lecture at the university there. The president of the school went to the station to meet him, only to realize he didn't know how to recognize the visiting scholar.
Later at dinner, his host told Erskine what he'd experienced on the train platform. He said, "I asked one man, 'Are you John Erskine?' and he replied, with emphasis, 'I should say not!' I asked another the same question and he answered, 'I wish I were.' " Said the university president, "This shows that at least one man had read your books."
Erskine replied, with wry wit, "It does indeed. But which one?"
John Erskine, U.S. educator and professor at Columbia University, put forth some theories that polarized the academic community of his day. People either loved or hated them. On one occasion he took a train to Chattanooga, Tennessee, to lecture at the university there. The president of the school went to the station to meet him, only to realize he didn't know how to recognize the visiting scholar.
Later at dinner, his host told Erskine what he'd experienced on the train platform. He said, "I asked one man, 'Are you John Erskine?' and he replied, with emphasis, 'I should say not!' I asked another the same question and he answered, 'I wish I were.' " Said the university president, "This shows that at least one man had read your books."
Erskine replied, with wry wit, "It does indeed. But which one?"
