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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3874323, member: 19463&quot;]By definition, professionals do it for the money and amateurs do it for the love of it.&nbsp; I admire people who can get a paying job doing something they love.&nbsp; I never did.&nbsp; On the other hand, I retired 17 years ago and have not worked for pay since while some of my classmates are dropping dead at the work they love.&nbsp; In a perfect world all school teachers would love teaching and all museum curators would study antiquity even if they were not paid. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, it is good to dream of a perfect world.&nbsp; I have known two serious amateurs who died in the middle of a study that I believe would have been very valuable had they had more time or had someone to pick up where they left off.&nbsp; Neither did.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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