Guest guest Posted March 28, 2005 Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 > >>A new monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the other >>monks in copying the old texts by hand. He notices, however, that they >>are copying copies, not the original books. So, the new monk goes to the >>head monk to ask him about this. He points out that if there were an >>error in the first copy, that error would be continued in all of the >>other copies. >> >>The head monk says, "We have been copying from the copies for centuries, >>but you make a good point, my son." So the head monk goes down into the >>cellar with one of the copies to check it against the original. >> >>Hours later, nobody has seen him. So, one of the monks goes downstairs >>to look for him. He hears sobbing coming from the back of the cellar, >>and finds the old monk leaning over one of the original books crying. He >>asks, "What's wrong?" >> >>"The word is celebrate," says the old monk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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