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This Is Water [1]

Submitted by klarimer on May 9, 2013 - 9:25am

David Foster Wallace gave the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College, a speech that became widely known only after the author's death. In this video, which features an abridged version of the orginal audio recording of the speech, The Glossary [2] puts into motion the late author's invaluable life advice, which culminates in a simple, elegant explanation of the real value of education. After you watch the video, do yourself a favor and read the full text of "This Is Water." [3]

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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/this_is_water [2] http://www.theglossary.com/#home [3] http://publicnoises.blogspot.com/2009/05/david-foster-wallace-kenyon.html