State Water

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    George Shears ... was hanged in a barn near the store. The rope was thrown over a beam, and he was asked to walk up a ladder to save the trouble of preparing a drop for him. “Gentlemen,” he said, “I am not used to this business. Shall I jump off or slide off?” He was told to jump.
    —For the State of Montana, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    We have to learn how to come out of unclean situations cleaner than we were, and even how to wash ourselves with dirty water when we need to.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)