Each year, thousands of hopeful graduates count down the seconds until they receive their diplomas. Ubiquitous and customary, graduation commencement speeches are the last rhetorical stop on the road to adulthood. Delivered to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College in May of that year, renowned American writer and professor of English and creative writing, David Foster Wallace, is responsible for what has been called the greatest commencement speech of all time: “This is Water.” It has been featured in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 and in a book of the same name in 2009.
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Almost all famous people, with the possible exception of the Kardashians, have at least one universally recognized talent. Yet you might be surprised to know that many of today’s most popular celebrities are gifted ...
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5 of The Most Prolific Leaders in American History
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4. Ben Franklin Having the title “Founding Father” is enough to make anybody retire with a feeling of great accomplishment, but Big Ben did much more than just help make America and provide inspiration a classic Pu...
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Son of a former NFL athlete and WWII pilot; On paper, young William H. McRaven possessed the ideal bloodline of your quintessential American man. Today, Admiral William McRaven is a 4-star Commander in the United ...
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