Plumbing is important. John William Gardner, a scholar and past president of the Carnegie Corporation said: “The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.” From sharing facilities with the black bear and washing in the creek, to the bidet and the jacuzzi tub, we’ve come a long way.
