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John Wanamaker: There really is something to be said about being the sidekick to a leader, isn\u2019t there Enkidu?<\/p>\n

Enkidu: No doubt about it- I feel as though some people will only remember us as people who helped the real leaders become who they were meant to me, and that\u2019s fine, I guess.<\/p>\n

JW: That\u2019s why I would say our statutes are so important, you know? They really show that we were important as well. Gilgamesh would never have become the leader he was destined to be without you helping transform him.<\/p>\n

E: Likewise, you helped President Harrison and other American leaders with advice as Postmaster General- I will say, though- you had some rather \u201cinteresting\u201d ideas.. Buying Belgium from Germany to stop the First World War? That\u2019s something\u2026<\/p>\n

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JW: It\u2019s not the worst<\/i> idea ever for sure\u2026 But sometimes, I do worry about my legacy, and who wouldn\u2019t? I mean, I do have a building across from me that has my name on it. I had all these great accomplishments with my department stores, working for the government, and philanthropy, but I wonder if people will only remember me for some of my controversies\u2026<\/p>\n

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E: That\u2019s a fair and reasonable thing to worry about- after all, I had Gilgamesh kill Humbaba, which really didn’t make Enlil too happy. I was also probably more violent than I needed to be, but what is there to be done now? All you can really do is hope that these statues help people remember us as the visionaries that we were.<\/p>\n

JW: Right- a lot of people tend to believe that I \u201cbought\u201d the position of Postmaster General through campaign donations, and it doesn\u2019t help that I fired thousands of the employees as soon as I was confirmed to the post.<\/p>\n

E: I wouldn\u2019t worry about it too much, John. Everyone who has a statue like us has done a lot of good and bad, but isn\u2019t that kind of the point? Every statue is a reminder that each of us has accomplished great with some other questionable decisions, but that\u2019s how humans are.<\/p>\n

JW: I see so many Philadelphians walk past me every day at City Hall, and I hear people talking about how they want to accomplish great things, and that is great, but it is important to keep in mind that we all make mistakes.<\/p>\n

E: That’s very true.<\/p>\n

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John Wanamaker: There really is something to be said about being the sidekick to a leader, isn\u2019t there Enkidu? Enkidu: No doubt about it- I feel as though some people will only remember us as people who helped the real leaders become who they were meant to me, and that\u2019s fine, I guess. JW: That\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":750,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-84","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ghosttown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ghosttown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ghosttown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ghosttown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/750"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ghosttown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ghosttown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ghosttown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}