That one tenth.

Commitments are important.

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If someone likes your work SO much that he decides to do an extended comparison of how your efforts compare with the efforts of another whom you cited as inspiration early on, then follow-through is very important.

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I had once discussed the idea of cataloguing newspapers from the early days of political agitation, days when there were literally thousands of daily publications in all sorts of languages, throughout the United States. I wanted to compare the layout, the editing, the typeface. I wanted to see how those publications may contribute to a burgeoning literacy, including on political matters as well as political rights, and how the stances taken by the authors may have been a contributing factor to fortifying those who partook of the publication. The specific day in which I first contemplated this was April 14, 2018.

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It was about legacy. I had thought that the Library of Congress would be a good place to start. How many of these early publications were available through archives at the Library of Congress? How many may be available for digitizing; how many would potentially be available for display, onsite or in some other manner?

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I suppose my idea of legacy was different. Proving a DNA connection is different than establishing oneself in lineage such as this.

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I digress.

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I did not approve of what the Department of State attempted to do with the legacy of Rep. Paul Findley (IL). I also did not approve of the inadequate risk leveraging associated with the benchmarks that would have been otherwise met in consideration of these factors:

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