We are incapable of leaving anything to the imagination and loath to leave anything out. Maniacal thoroughness has become our national verbal ideal.

Accept business only at a price permitting thoroughness. Then do a thorough job, regardless of cost to us.

The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context.

Medical school education and post graduate education emphasize thoroughness.