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Yet that naivety is what lets you keep the two apart. I choose to read it not as childish in the sense of inexperienced, but innocent - the optimism a child can have because it has not yet been taught "That's not possible". In me, that optimism turned to berserker rage at a young age, and it simmers eternally, occasionally bursting forth no matter what I do. Which is why I always keep a pile of timbers and spare axehandles. Literally. I think when it comes to words, many who opt for being in the spotlight of politics use words on instinct, rather than with innate skill and passion: witness Obama with and without prompter/script, and compare him to Reagan or Clinton. It's embarassing. Reagan I have no doubt you could have woke up 0230 and told him "Mr President we need you to speak to the nation in five minutes, Castro is invading Florida" and he'd have jumped to it. The best are those who combine skill, passion and spirit and accept that language is a tool and an art, in the way a river is - you may use it, utilise it, draw power from it and even dam it - but you never own it, and you are never its master.

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