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But when the house is on fire reasonable men do not stop to argue of culinary cuts nor listen to a disquisition on plumbing; they call out the fire department and join it in an attempt to save their dwelling.
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gutenberg.orgCalvin Coolidge: “But when the house is on fire reasonable men do not stop to argue of culinary cuts nor listen to a disquisition on…”
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Coolidge uses a metaphor about a house on fire to illustrate the urgency of addressing critical issues.
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