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The Endowment, 1984

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17. lappuse - Let me disclose the gifts reserved for age To set a crown upon your lifetime's effort. First, the cold friction of expiring sense Without enchantment, offering no promise But bitter tastelessness of shadow fruit As body and soul begin to fall asunder. Second, the conscious impotence of rage At human folly, and the laceration Of laughter at what ceases to amuse.
15. lappuse - I must study politics and war, that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
17. lappuse - I see little of more importance to the future of our country and our civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
2. lappuse - Foundation consists of the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment...
14. lappuse - There are no dry bones here in this valley. The skull of my father grins at the Mississippi moon from the bottom of the Tallahatchie, the bones of my father are buried in the mud of these creeks and brooks that twist and flow their secrets to the sea. but the wind sings to me here the sun speaks to me of the dry bones of my father.
17. lappuse - This Congress will consider many programs which will leave an enduring mark on American life. But it may well be that passage of this legislation, modest as it is, will help secure for this Congress a sure and honored place in the story of the advance of our civilization.
16. lappuse - In the advancement of the various activities which will make our civilization endure and flourish, the Federal Government should do more to give official recognition to the importance of the arts and other cultural activities.
18. lappuse - ... My mother never forgave my father for killing himself, especially at such an awkward time and in a public park, that spring when I was waiting to be born. She locked his name in her deepest cabinet and would not let him out, though I could hear him thumping. When I came down from the attic with the pastel portrait in my hand of a long-lipped stranger with a brave moustache and deep brown level eyes, she ripped it into shreds without a single word and slapped me hard.
18. lappuse - Art is a nation's most precious heritage. For it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves, and to others, the inner vision which guides us as a Nation.
10. lappuse - He sings more sincere than most entertainers because the hillbilly was raised rougher than most entertainers. You got to know a lot about hard work. You got to have smelt a lot of mule manure before you can sing like a hillbilly.

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