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The thing that people lose track of, high up, is that the floor is made of glass. You’re sitting behind your desk in your seat and you’re doing things with your feet and your knees and your hands and trading money under the table, and the people down below can see it. You know, they can see it. And they do a couple of things with it. They violate their own values by maybe being quiet. And that’s very destructive, to have people not say what they’re seeing when

at least the ceremonial values and rules are “We shouldn’t be doing this.” And this is a place like the university, which is about truth and beauty. The other thing that happens is people say, “Wow! This is the deal, huh?

Russ Ellis