In his autobiography, Benjamin Franklin...
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In his autobiography, Benjamin Franklin tells the story of a man who wanted his axe to be as bright at the head as it was on the cutting edge. The blacksmith said he would grind it bright for him if the man would turn the grinding stone. They went at it for a while, the man turning, the smith pressing the axe against the stone. The stone became harder to turn as the smith pressed harder, the better to grind the axe. Finally, the man came around the stone to say he was satisfied with the axe as it was, shiny or not. The smith said, "No, turn on, it will shine eventually; now it is only speckled." "Yes," the man said, "But I think I like a speckled axe best." -- Mosley
