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After Dinner Conversation: Philosophy

Acceptance

October is the rainiest month of the year, the most unbearable month of the year. It is unbearable for those who need to leave the house to go to the bank, the market, the bakery. I had to go to the bank, to the market, the bakery. And I didn’t have anyone to go for me, of course. But I didn’t have a car and I depended on the weather to cooperate. The bastard was stubborn. Sunday, rain. Monday, rain. Tuesday, rain. Wednesday, rain. I was already upset. Thursday, rain. Friday, a miracle, the sun came out.

I left home with a new lease on life. I needed to buy bread. I walked through the streets with the speed of a hare. In the store windows, the fancy clothes of various brands

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David Moore is a senior fellow with the Carsey School at the University of New Hampshire, where he taught political science for two decades. He is the author of the narrative nonfiction book, Small Town, Big Oil–The Untold Story of the Women Who Took

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