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So this is the last one.

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This is called "Governance."

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And this touches a
little bit on what

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I said about moving from
agricultural lineage

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to an industrial
lineage, governance.

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Well, actually,
industrial is now

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an academic, which is
kind of industrial too.

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[LAUGHTER]

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"Governance."

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Nowhere in your
Constitution is there

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a pilgrimage through snow.

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No thoughts of icy travels
across the Delaware.

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Little desire to cover
your wagon or dried,

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sharpened logs into frozen dirt.

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Instead, you have
inherited the deep sleep

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of field hands of those
who live by the sun

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and want no more yardage of it
beyond the late morning hours.

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In this afternoon's
humid embrace,

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there is a slow surrender to
the organ's demands of pull

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that is as convincing
as any promise of land

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but less demanding
in terms of cargo.

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Think back longingly
to your ancestors,

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even the ones smart enough
to leave the donkeys behind.

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They wanted this for you.

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If they were stacking things or
sweeping out the cold cellar,

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if their arms went
numb at the lever

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or scraping buttercream
off cheap China,

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they wanted you to put
your head down on the desk

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and let the turkey sandwich
fuel a low-grade plotless dream.

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The piles of papers become
as indistinguishable

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as tall river grass, as thread
pulled into the dull continuity

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of mill life.

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Each book, each manuscript,
each ungraded paper conspires

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to form a canopy over
your head to cast shudders

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against your cheek.

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But you push forward and
keep your office door open.

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Someone looks in and addresses
you by this or that title,

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reminding you of a governance
for which you've long

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campaigned.

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Your people, long
asleep, finally

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agree to speak to the press.

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We always knew she'd be
a candidate for change.

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They begin making
t-shirts and buttons.

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Thank you.

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[APPLAUSE]

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