Chico Escuela posted:BishopLeftiesDad posted:coach2709 posted:Chico Escuela posted:Coach 2709, Just because I am a history teacher (and you know how THEY can be...
): The quote in your signature block doesn't appear to be from Thomas Jefferson, although it often is attributed to him. More info here:
With all due respect but I could care less. I'm also a history teacher myself.
And since the link does not give credit to anyone else, I say no harm no foul.
I'd say "no harm, no foul" regardless. But I'd be surprised to see evidence anyone in the 18th or early 19th century had used the phrase "mental attitude."
"With all due respect" is a great phrase for online written communication: It can mean anything from the the very mild up to and including "go ---- yourself." And I suppose I anything along that spectrum is fair as a reply to someone introducing history on a baseball discussion board.
Well I definitely did not mean it all the way to the level of GFY. But there was no relevance to pointing out if TJ may or may not have said it. I could care less because it's the meaning / impact of the words that matter to me. For all I care Gandhi, Lincoln, Yoda or Donald Duck could have said it. All I did was cut and paste it onto my signature.
As for those who answered my question thank you very much.