An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of God it would not last a fortnight.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker mocks an institution as so incompetent that it could only survive by divine intervention, if at all.
- In plain terms
- An incompetent institution would not last without divine aid.
- What can you take from it?
- Question the competence of bureaucracies.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What signs indicate institutional failure?
Another view
Hyperbole may obscure constructive criticism.
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