Yet such matters seem something of an irrelevance, since they only reflect an attitude of the time adopted by a celebrated pioneer of the harpsichord revival in the twentieth century.
The rationale for the exclusion is the irrelevance of such statements, and their lack of probative value, and the ease with which they can be fabricated.
The profession was facing irrelevance as the standards-based educational movement gained strength with little evidence of systemic effectiveness for school counselors.