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today’s theme is jumping off the

today’s theme is jumping off the shoulders of giants which sounds like a

shoulders of giants which sounds like a

shoulders of giants which sounds like a particularly weird dangerous sport but

particularly weird dangerous sport but

particularly weird dangerous sport but in terms of the giant that I have picked

in terms of the giant that I have picked

in terms of the giant that I have picked the intellectual hero if you like I

the intellectual hero if you like I

the intellectual hero if you like I thought that was absolutely no point in

thought that was absolutely no point in

thought that was absolutely no point in coming into a room like this and

coming into a room like this and

coming into a room like this and advertising somebody who will go with a

advertising somebody who will go with a

advertising somebody who will go with a smooth soft tepid consensus of the room

smooth soft tepid consensus of the room

smooth soft tepid consensus of the room walk with the general consensus of ideas

walk with the general consensus of ideas

walk with the general consensus of ideas in Cambridge or in the country and so

in Cambridge or in the country and so

in Cambridge or in the country and so this being a relatively youthful

this being a relatively youthful

this being a relatively youthful organization and this being a technology

organization and this being a technology

organization and this being a technology event and this being by and large a

event and this being by and large a

event and this being by and large a liberal institution I thought I would

liberal institution I thought I would

liberal institution I thought I would champion a man who is a profoundly

champion a man who is a profoundly

champion a man who is a profoundly reactionary Kentucky tobacco farmer

reactionary Kentucky tobacco farmer

reactionary Kentucky tobacco farmer called Wendell Berry who I would argue

called Wendell Berry who I would argue

called Wendell Berry who I would argue is the most important political thinker

is the most important political thinker

is the most important political thinker most of you have never heard of and who

most of you have never heard of and who

most of you have never heard of and who is finally available in print in Britain

is finally available in print in Britain

is finally available in print in Britain for the first time in his 80 years and

for the first time in his 80 years and

for the first time in his 80 years and I’m going to advertise the merits of

I’m going to advertise the merits of

I’m going to advertise the merits of Wendell Berry today before I do that I

Wendell Berry today before I do that I

Wendell Berry today before I do that I want to talk about another thing and

want to talk about another thing and

want to talk about another thing and another issue because I want to put

another issue because I want to put

another issue because I want to put Wendell Berry my hero in the context of

Wendell Berry my hero in the context of

Wendell Berry my hero in the context of the here and now and the here and now as

the here and now and the here and now as

the here and now and the here and now as far as we and politics are concerned is

far as we and politics are concerned is

far as we and politics are concerned is the aftermath of the brexit vote and

the aftermath of the brexit vote and

the aftermath of the brexit vote and there are lots of parallels of course

there are lots of parallels of course

there are lots of parallels of course with what’s going on in France and

with what’s going on in France and

with what’s going on in France and Trump’s America and so on but in

Trump’s America and so on but in

Trump’s America and so on but in specific terms what happened with the

specific terms what happened with the

specific terms what happened with the brexit referendum was the biggest single

brexit referendum was the biggest single

brexit referendum was the biggest single Democratic revolt against things as they

Democratic revolt against things as they

Democratic revolt against things as they are against the establishment if you

are against the establishment if you

are against the establishment if you like the liberal elite that has happened

like the liberal elite that has happened

like the liberal elite that has happened since the Second World War

since the Second World War

since the Second World War and I would suggest you that it is a

and I would suggest you that it is a

and I would suggest you that it is a political and even a moral duty for all

political and even a moral duty for all

political and even a moral duty for all of us to try to understand why what

of us to try to understand why what

of us to try to understand why what happened happened and to adjust our

happened happened and to adjust our

happened happened and to adjust our thinking and our behavior accordingly

thinking and our behavior accordingly

thinking and our behavior accordingly now there’s going to be a very very

now there’s going to be a very very

now there’s going to be a very very unpopular book published quite soon by a

unpopular book published quite soon by a

unpopular book published quite soon by a man called David Goodheart it’s called

man called David Goodheart it’s called

man called David Goodheart it’s called the road to somewhere and it’s his idea

the road to somewhere and it’s his idea

the road to somewhere and it’s his idea about fibrex it happened and it has a

about fibrex it happened and it has a

about fibrex it happened and it has a lot of merit and basically he divides

lot of merit and basically he divides

lot of merit and basically he divides the world in Britain into two groups of

the world in Britain into two groups of

the world in Britain into two groups of people who he calls the somewheres and

people who he calls the somewheres and

people who he calls the somewheres and the anywheres

the anywheres

the anywheres the anywhere’s are most of you they are

the anywhere’s are most of you they are

the anywhere’s are most of you they are the highly educated liberal elite of the

the highly educated liberal elite of the

the highly educated liberal elite of the country they’re the people who feel that

country they’re the people who feel that

country they’re the people who feel that they could be global citizens who have a

they could be global citizens who have a

they could be global citizens who have a looser connection to national identity

looser connection to national identity

looser connection to national identity and morality in the community and the

and morality in the community and the

and morality in the community and the somewheres are if you like the Left

somewheres are if you like the Left

somewheres are if you like the Left Behind people in the small towns and the

Behind people in the small towns and the

Behind people in the small towns and the industrial towns and the villages and

industrial towns and the villages and

industrial towns and the villages and the fishing towns up and down the

the fishing towns up and down the

the fishing towns up and down the country who first and foremost identify

country who first and foremost identify

country who first and foremost identify with their communities and their areas

with their communities and their areas

with their communities and their areas they say I am a Cornish fisherman’s wife

they say I am a Cornish fisherman’s wife

they say I am a Cornish fisherman’s wife or I am done Donen or whatever it might

or I am done Donen or whatever it might

or I am done Donen or whatever it might be and they tend to have more socially

be and they tend to have more socially

be and they tend to have more socially conservative views and they tend to be

conservative views and they tend to be

conservative views and they tend to be more patriotic and they tend to be more

more patriotic and they tend to be more

more patriotic and they tend to be more religious than the anywheres that’s the

religious than the anywheres that’s the

religious than the anywheres that’s the division that he makes and it’s an

division that he makes and it’s an

division that he makes and it’s an important division for what I’m going to

important division for what I’m going to

important division for what I’m going to talk about Wendell Berry because Wendell

talk about Wendell Berry because Wendell

talk about Wendell Berry because Wendell Berry in many ways is standing up for

Berry in many ways is standing up for

Berry in many ways is standing up for the American some where’s the original

the American some where’s the original

the American some where’s the original people of America the original farmers

people of America the original farmers

people of America the original farmers the smaller communities I guess most of

the smaller communities I guess most of

the smaller communities I guess most of us in this room have at least one thing

us in this room have at least one thing

us in this room have at least one thing in common not everybody but most of you

in common not everybody but most of you

in common not everybody but most of you will have come at the beginning of your

will have come at the beginning of your

will have come at the beginning of your lives from a community which will be

lives from a community which will be

lives from a community which will be identifiably

identifiably

identifiably traditional in some way it might have

traditional in some way it might have

traditional in some way it might have been anywhere around the world he might

been anywhere around the world he might

been anywhere around the world he might have been a farming village it might

have been a farming village it might

have been a farming village it might have been an industrial town it might

have been an industrial town it might

have been an industrial town it might have been a long settled suburb but you

have been a long settled suburb but you

have been a long settled suburb but you come from somewhere and I suggest you

come from somewhere and I suggest you

come from somewhere and I suggest you that as a result of coming to Cambridge

that as a result of coming to Cambridge

that as a result of coming to Cambridge University you are not likely to go back

University you are not likely to go back

University you are not likely to go back to where you came from from the rest of

to where you came from from the rest of

to where you came from from the rest of your life you are on the move and in

your life you are on the move and in

your life you are on the move and in many ways that’s where the Wendell

many ways that’s where the Wendell

many ways that’s where the Wendell Berry’s story starts he was a very very

Berry’s story starts he was a very very

Berry’s story starts he was a very very clever young boy from a traditional

clever young boy from a traditional

clever young boy from a traditional village in Kentucky in America his

village in Kentucky in America his

village in Kentucky in America his people had farmed the same Valley for

people had farmed the same Valley for

people had farmed the same Valley for three generations they’d come there at

three generations they’d come there at

three generations they’d come there at about the time of the American Civil War

about the time of the American Civil War

about the time of the American Civil War had been there ever since and a very

had been there ever since and a very

had been there ever since and a very very bright boy and he went to New York

very bright boy and he went to New York

very bright boy and he went to New York and started to become a writer and he

and started to become a writer and he

and started to become a writer and he was moving in that very very exciting

was moving in that very very exciting

was moving in that very very exciting liberal New York intelligentsia world of

liberal New York intelligentsia world of

liberal New York intelligentsia world of the 1950s and he was going place who’s

the 1950s and he was going place who’s

the 1950s and he was going place who’s going to become an academic he was going

going to become an academic he was going

going to become an academic he was going to become a famous writer and something

to become a famous writer and something

to become a famous writer and something very important happened to wendell berry

very important happened to wendell berry

very important happened to wendell berry he went home he decided actually I am

he went home he decided actually I am

he went home he decided actually I am rooted in the land

rooted in the land

rooted in the land I am rooted in my community that’s what

I am rooted in my community that’s what

I am rooted in my community that’s what my true values are and unlike most of us

my true values are and unlike most of us

my true values are and unlike most of us he went back to

he went back to

he went back to he came from and from there he developed

he came from and from there he developed

he came from and from there he developed into a farmer he was somebody who has

into a farmer he was somebody who has

into a farmer he was somebody who has all his life made things with his hands

all his life made things with his hands

all his life made things with his hands he doesn’t like high technologies he

he doesn’t like high technologies he

he doesn’t like high technologies he farms with horses and he farms highly

farms with horses and he farms highly

farms with horses and he farms highly successfully in this small Kentucky

successfully in this small Kentucky

successfully in this small Kentucky Valley now that wouldn’t be terribly

Valley now that wouldn’t be terribly

Valley now that wouldn’t be terribly interesting to most of us except for the

interesting to most of us except for the

interesting to most of us except for the fact the Wendell Berry is the best

fact the Wendell Berry is the best

fact the Wendell Berry is the best writer of English political prose since

writer of English political prose since

writer of English political prose since George Orwell who he much resembles we

George Orwell who he much resembles we

George Orwell who he much resembles we don’t know him very well in this country

don’t know him very well in this country

don’t know him very well in this country for various reasons among them that he

for various reasons among them that he

for various reasons among them that he would not like to be published by big

would not like to be published by big

would not like to be published by big corporations as he calls them twenty

corporations as he calls them twenty

corporations as he calls them twenty years ago I tried to persuade him to be

years ago I tried to persuade him to be

years ago I tried to persuade him to be published in the UK by penguin and he

published in the UK by penguin and he

published in the UK by penguin and he said he wouldn’t be published here by

said he wouldn’t be published here by

said he wouldn’t be published here by penguin because they were ruthless large

penguin because they were ruthless large

penguin because they were ruthless large corporation and he liked to be published

corporation and he liked to be published

corporation and he liked to be published by small publishing houses up and down

by small publishing houses up and down

by small publishing houses up and down America and that meant that the British

America and that meant that the British

America and that meant that the British people couldn’t read him too bad

people couldn’t read him too bad

people couldn’t read him too bad somebody has finally poor kings north of

somebody has finally poor kings north of

somebody has finally poor kings north of poet has finally persuaded him to be

poet has finally persuaded him to be

poet has finally persuaded him to be published by penguin in the UK and so

published by penguin in the UK and so

published by penguin in the UK and so you can now read him here for the first

you can now read him here for the first

you can now read him here for the first time he came back and he became more and

time he came back and he became more and

time he came back and he became more and more concerned with what was happening

more concerned with what was happening

more concerned with what was happening to farming in America farming is a very

to farming in America farming is a very

to farming in America farming is a very unfashionable subject to be talking

unfashionable subject to be talking

unfashionable subject to be talking about I guess in a TED talk or to

about I guess in a TED talk or to

about I guess in a TED talk or to university but he starts with the

university but he starts with the

university but he starts with the subject of topsoil couldn’t be bland or

subject of topsoil couldn’t be bland or

subject of topsoil couldn’t be bland or more duller subject than that topsoil

more duller subject than that topsoil

more duller subject than that topsoil let me remind you it’s what we all

let me remind you it’s what we all

let me remind you it’s what we all subsist on topsoil is a kind of mulch a

subsist on topsoil is a kind of mulch a

subsist on topsoil is a kind of mulch a crumbling of little fragments of

crumbling of little fragments of

crumbling of little fragments of minerals a huge amount of vegetable

minerals a huge amount of vegetable

minerals a huge amount of vegetable decaying matter many many microorganisms

decaying matter many many microorganisms

decaying matter many many microorganisms and by organisms of different kinds

and by organisms of different kinds

and by organisms of different kinds rotting bones rotting flesh it’s it is

rotting bones rotting flesh it’s it is

rotting bones rotting flesh it’s it is the soil on which all agriculture comes

the soil on which all agriculture comes

the soil on which all agriculture comes from and it’s very thin it’s about as as

from and it’s very thin it’s about as as

from and it’s very thin it’s about as as deep on average around the world as from

deep on average around the world as from

deep on average around the world as from my hip bone it to my ankle that’s about

my hip bone it to my ankle that’s about

my hip bone it to my ankle that’s about how thin it is without topsoil we don’t

how thin it is without topsoil we don’t

how thin it is without topsoil we don’t have proper farming without topsoil and

have proper farming without topsoil and

have proper farming without topsoil and good husbandry we don’t have food

good husbandry we don’t have food

good husbandry we don’t have food without topsoil we don’t have

without topsoil we don’t have

without topsoil we don’t have civilizations without topsoil we don’t

civilizations without topsoil we don’t

civilizations without topsoil we don’t have us everything depends upon topsoil

have us everything depends upon topsoil

have us everything depends upon topsoil in Cambridge we are surrounded by a

in Cambridge we are surrounded by a

in Cambridge we are surrounded by a great ocean of topsoil which like the

great ocean of topsoil which like the

great ocean of topsoil which like the topsoil around most of the rest of the

topsoil around most of the rest of the

topsoil around most of the rest of the industrialized world is being flushed

industrialized world is being flushed

industrialized world is being flushed away year by year into the sea

away year by year into the sea

away year by year into the sea if you stand on the coasts of England

if you stand on the coasts of England

if you stand on the coasts of England and you look out most times the year you

and you look out most times the year you

and you look out most times the year you will see a kind of a strange grimy rim

will see a kind of a strange grimy rim

will see a kind of a strange grimy rim of red or brown or yellow and that is

of red or brown or yellow and that is

of red or brown or yellow and that is the soil from the surrounding farms

the soil from the surrounding farms

the soil from the surrounding farms being washed into the sea and lost

being washed into the sea and lost

being washed into the sea and lost forever because of bad husbandry because

forever because of bad husbandry because

forever because of bad husbandry because of a lack of good fencing drainage and

of a lack of good fencing drainage and

of a lack of good fencing drainage and the traditional skills which for 5000

the traditional skills which for 5000

the traditional skills which for 5000 years British farmers like American

years British farmers like American

years British farmers like American farmers after them understood and that’s

farmers after them understood and that’s

farmers after them understood and that’s now being lost by the industrialized

now being lost by the industrialized

now being lost by the industrialized farming spreading across the world once

farming spreading across the world once

farming spreading across the world once we lose topsoil we lose absolutely

we lose topsoil we lose absolutely

we lose topsoil we lose absolutely everything no more us so it’s a very

everything no more us so it’s a very

everything no more us so it’s a very good place to start

good place to start

good place to start Wendell Berry’s conviction is that good

Wendell Berry’s conviction is that good

Wendell Berry’s conviction is that good husbandry good farming is the foundation

husbandry good farming is the foundation

husbandry good farming is the foundation of every good society but it’s not

of every good society but it’s not

of every good society but it’s not simply about biology or about farming as

simply about biology or about farming as

simply about biology or about farming as a practice because it’s also about the

a practice because it’s also about the

a practice because it’s also about the nature of the communities that nurture

nature of the communities that nurture

nature of the communities that nurture understand and look after the local the

understand and look after the local the

understand and look after the local the areas they live in the people around

areas they live in the people around

areas they live in the people around them and that has made him a great

them and that has made him a great

them and that has made him a great defender of community against the big

defender of community against the big

defender of community against the big forces of modern America he is a very

forces of modern America he is a very

forces of modern America he is a very strange thing because he is a one-level

strange thing because he is a one-level

strange thing because he is a one-level as I say profoundly reactionary he’s a

as I say profoundly reactionary he’s a

as I say profoundly reactionary he’s a conservative Christian family thinker

conservative Christian family thinker

conservative Christian family thinker who believes in the virtues of the small

who believes in the virtues of the small

who believes in the virtues of the small town and knowing your neighbor and doing

town and knowing your neighbor and doing

town and knowing your neighbor and doing good by your neighbor and the importance

good by your neighbor and the importance

good by your neighbor and the importance of good friendship and good marriage

of good friendship and good marriage

of good friendship and good marriage alongside good work but at the same time

alongside good work but at the same time

alongside good work but at the same time he has been one of the most of Eire

he has been one of the most of Eire

he has been one of the most of Eire meant and effective protesters against

meant and effective protesters against

meant and effective protesters against the American war machine a very major

the American war machine a very major

the American war machine a very major protester against the Vietnam War

protester against the Vietnam War

protester against the Vietnam War he’s in full throated opposition to what

he’s in full throated opposition to what

he’s in full throated opposition to what you might call modern American

you might call modern American

you might call modern American turbocharged capitalism he doesn’t

turbocharged capitalism he doesn’t

turbocharged capitalism he doesn’t believe that the scientific ways of

believe that the scientific ways of

believe that the scientific ways of farming are good for the land he

farming are good for the land he

farming are good for the land he believes they poison the land under

believes they poison the land under

believes they poison the land under destroying America’s future so he’s a

destroying America’s future so he’s a

destroying America’s future so he’s a radical reactionary in the sort of

radical reactionary in the sort of

radical reactionary in the sort of spirit of Walt Whitman and Thoreau and

spirit of Walt Whitman and Thoreau and

spirit of Walt Whitman and Thoreau and biologists and thinkers going back to

biologists and thinkers going back to

biologists and thinkers going back to the previous centuries like Humboldt and

the previous centuries like Humboldt and

the previous centuries like Humboldt and a certain extent Charles Darwin he’s in

a certain extent Charles Darwin he’s in

a certain extent Charles Darwin he’s in the tradition of radical rural east

the tradition of radical rural east

the tradition of radical rural east thinking his essays have extraordinary

thinking his essays have extraordinary

thinking his essays have extraordinary titles and they cover everything from

titles and they cover everything from

titles and they cover everything from English poetry to the nature of

English poetry to the nature of

English poetry to the nature of Pharmakon ah mcc’s

Pharmakon ah mcc’s

Pharmakon ah mcc’s to the problems of Technology

to the problems of Technology

to the problems of Technology to what he calls a world consuming fire

to what he calls a world consuming fire

to what he calls a world consuming fire that we are about to see with global

that we are about to see with global

that we are about to see with global warming in fact his book is called the

warming in fact his book is called the

warming in fact his book is called the world ending fire he’s not a terribly

world ending fire he’s not a terribly

world ending fire he’s not a terribly cheerful thing at all times but he is

cheerful thing at all times but he is

cheerful thing at all times but he is also a very vigorous thinker he believes

also a very vigorous thinker he believes

also a very vigorous thinker he believes in the pleasures of eating the pleasures

in the pleasures of eating the pleasures

in the pleasures of eating the pleasures of the flesh he’s not a puritanical

of the flesh he’s not a puritanical

of the flesh he’s not a puritanical think in any way so he’s this strange as

think in any way so he’s this strange as

think in any way so he’s this strange as I say he’s now in his 80s thin thrown

I say he’s now in his 80s thin thrown

I say he’s now in his 80s thin thrown difficult awkward cutted American he is

difficult awkward cutted American he is

difficult awkward cutted American he is as I would argue the most important

as I would argue the most important

as I would argue the most important single essayist that you don’t know I

single essayist that you don’t know I

single essayist that you don’t know I came across him by accident when I was

came across him by accident when I was

came across him by accident when I was quite young and I was walking through a

quite young and I was walking through a

quite young and I was walking through a small Devon town bored out of my mind

small Devon town bored out of my mind

small Devon town bored out of my mind and I passed the bookshop and was a

and I passed the bookshop and was a

and I passed the bookshop and was a little book of essays in the window

little book of essays in the window

little book of essays in the window and it had the title what are people for

and it had the title what are people for

and it had the title what are people for and I thought that’s an interesting

and I thought that’s an interesting

and I thought that’s an interesting question I’ve never heard that question

question I’ve never heard that question

question I’ve never heard that question posed before here is somebody different

posed before here is somebody different

posed before here is somebody different and I went in and I bought it and I was

and I went in and I bought it and I was

and I went in and I bought it and I was so entranced by the pure limpid tough

so entranced by the pure limpid tough

so entranced by the pure limpid tough argumentative prose style that I have

argumentative prose style that I have

argumentative prose style that I have been trying to dig up his essays and

been trying to dig up his essays and

been trying to dig up his essays and he’s also a poet very fine poet and a

he’s also a poet very fine poet and a

he’s also a poet very fine poet and a novelist and a short story writer every

novelist and a short story writer every

novelist and a short story writer every time I go to America I don’t go to Trump

time I go to America I don’t go to Trump

time I go to America I don’t go to Trump meetings I go to little book shops and I

meetings I go to little book shops and I

meetings I go to little book shops and I pick up wendell berry books and it’s

pick up wendell berry books and it’s

pick up wendell berry books and it’s changed my life I would like to say it’s

changed my life I would like to say it’s

changed my life I would like to say it’s changed the way I live because if

changed the way I live because if

changed the way I live because if there’s one thing about an important

there’s one thing about an important

there’s one thing about an important thinker you shouldn’t just change the

thinker you shouldn’t just change the

thinker you shouldn’t just change the way you think you should change the way

way you think you should change the way

way you think you should change the way you live but I like most people I’m a

you live but I like most people I’m a

you live but I like most people I’m a bit of a hypocrite I still drive up and

bit of a hypocrite I still drive up and

bit of a hypocrite I still drive up and down to Cambridge in a car from time to

down to Cambridge in a car from time to

down to Cambridge in a car from time to time I try to use less electricity I try

time I try to use less electricity I try

time I try to use less electricity I try to be more environmentally friendly I

to be more environmentally friendly I

to be more environmentally friendly I tried to think more carefully about what

tried to think more carefully about what

tried to think more carefully about what I eat why I eat it where it’s come from

I eat why I eat it where it’s come from

I eat why I eat it where it’s come from who made it and how well they made it

who made it and how well they made it

who made it and how well they made it and how well they have been looking

and how well they have been looking

and how well they have been looking after the landscape in which they make

after the landscape in which they make

after the landscape in which they make that food I’ve tried to think about

that food I’ve tried to think about

that food I’ve tried to think about these things and adjust my life

these things and adjust my life

these things and adjust my life accordingly but if you read Wendell

accordingly but if you read Wendell

accordingly but if you read Wendell Berry and you read him attentively and

Berry and you read him attentively and

Berry and you read him attentively and look at what he’s saying then I promise

look at what he’s saying then I promise

look at what he’s saying then I promise you your lives will be changed for the

you your lives will be changed for the

you your lives will be changed for the better and although you will still be as

better and although you will still be as

better and although you will still be as it were anywhere people part of the

it were anywhere people part of the

it were anywhere people part of the liberal elite that have been trounced in

liberal elite that have been trounced in

liberal elite that have been trounced in the brexit vote I think you will have

the brexit vote I think you will have

the brexit vote I think you will have more understanding of the somewhere

more understanding of the somewhere

more understanding of the somewhere people the communities from which you

people the communities from which you

people the communities from which you came and the communities which voted in

came and the communities which voted in

came and the communities which voted in overwhelming numbers against the way

overwhelming numbers against the way

overwhelming numbers against the way things are because every referendum has

things are because every referendum has

things are because every referendum has only one real

only one real

only one real which is are you a bit pissed off and if

which is are you a bit pissed off and if

which is are you a bit pissed off and if you are a bit pissed off you vote

you are a bit pissed off you vote

you are a bit pissed off you vote against the people in power and that’s

against the people in power and that’s

against the people in power and that’s what happened and people are highly

what happened and people are highly

what happened and people are highly pissed off because of the economic

pissed off because of the economic

pissed off because of the economic circumstances and because they have been

circumstances and because they have been

circumstances and because they have been culturally left behind ignored and

culturally left behind ignored and

culturally left behind ignored and spurned they are the people in many ways

spurned they are the people in many ways

spurned they are the people in many ways for whom Wendell Berry speaks which is

for whom Wendell Berry speaks which is

for whom Wendell Berry speaks which is why although he’s writing about American

why although he’s writing about American

why although he’s writing about American agriculture he’s such an important

agriculture he’s such an important

agriculture he’s such an important figure for us here and now you will jump

figure for us here and now you will jump

figure for us here and now you will jump off the shoulders of a giant and land

off the shoulders of a giant and land

off the shoulders of a giant and land flat on your face and good for you thank

flat on your face and good for you thank

flat on your face and good for you thank you very much

you very much

you very much [Applause]

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