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23 April 2012

Wendell BerryKorrents 23 Apr 2012

From one piece It All Turns on Affection (2012 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities) 6 beliefs · neh.gov

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Affection, the motive of an economy that lasts, is personal or it is nothing

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But the risk, I think, is only that affection is personal. If it is not personal, it is nothing

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A principled dissatisfaction with whatever one has promises nothing or worse

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A principled dissatisfaction with whatever one has promises nothing or worse.

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Modest joy in a modest holding, not mobility, promises a stable democracy

democracy

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In such modest joy in a modest holding is the promise of a stable, democratic society, a promise not to be found in “mobility”

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The fate of the land and the fate of the people cannot be separated

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There is in fact no distinction between the fate of the land and the fate of the people. When one is abused, the other suffers.

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A responsible relationship to the world requires imagining our places in it

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For humans to have a responsible relationship to the world, they must imagine their places in it.

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Imagination thrives on contact and tangible connection

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imagination thrives on contact, on tangible connection.

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