JOY ALONG THE WAY: STAYING AFLOAT, SO TO SPEAK

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Sunday, August 11, 1996

There are these words in E.B. White's 1971 acceptance speech for the National Medal of Literature: " ... Today with so much of life damaged and endangered ... dispiriting or joyless ... despair is no good ... only hope and faith can keep us afloat. ..."

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