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➟➠➡➢➤➥➦ ➧➨➩➧➫➭➠ ➯➲➦ ➳➵➯➸ ➺➻➼ ➽➾➚➼➪➶➼➪ ❍■❏❑▼ ❏◆◗▼❘❯◗❱❳ ❩❯❘❬ ▼❭❏ ❱❳❪❱❫❴ ◆❏❬❘❵❯❱▼❝❭❏❯❱❳◆ ❙✫✬✭✮✯✰✯✱✴ ❜✬✱✮ ❞✬✵✬✶✱✬ ✷✸✷✯✶✱✮ ✱✰✷✴✱ ❍ ✁ ✂s s✄☎ ✆✝✞ ✟ ✠s✡❚☛ ✁ ✂s ✟✄ ☞✟✞☞✌✝✍☞✄✟ ✍☛ ✟✎☎✆ ✁ ✄♦ ✍ ✏ ✑☛✄✟ s✌✝☎s ✍☛✝✍ ✝♦✒☞✌✍ ✎s ☞s ✓✄☞✟✓ ✍✄ ✞ ✌✏☞✟ ✝✟❧ ✍☞☎ s✄✄✟t ❚☛☞s ✠ ✔ ✝ ✟ ✠ ✠✝✈ ✄♦ ✝ ✁ ✏✝✍☞✈ ✏❧ ✄✏✞ s✌✝☎ ☎✝✞ ✍☛ ✁✄✎✟✞st ✥✍✂s ✠✄✁✍☛ ✍✝✔☞✟✓ s✄☎ ✍☞☎ ✍✄ ✓✄ ☞✟✍✄ ✍☛☞s ✑✝✁✍☞✌✎✲ ✏✝✁ s✌✝☎ ☞✟ ✞ ✑✍☛✕ ✆ ✌✝✎s ☞✍ ✄♦♦ ✁s ✝ ✆☞✍ ✄♦ ☞✟s☞✓☛✍ ☞✟✍✄ ✍☛ q✎ s✍☞✄✟ ✠ ✔✟✄✠ ❧✄✎✂✈ ✝s✔ ✞ ❧✄✎✁s ✏♦ ✝s ❧✄✎ ✁ ✝✞ ✝✆✄✎✍ ✍☛ s ✌✝s s✡ ❍✄✠ ✞✄ ✑ ✄✑✏ ♦✝✏✏ ♦✄✁ ✍☛ s ✖ ❚☛ s☛✄✁✍ ✝✟s✠ ✁ ☞s ✆ ✌✝✎s s✌✝☎☎ ✁s ✄✟ ✍☛ ✄✍☛ ✁ ✟✞ ☛✝✈ ✌✁✝♦✍ ✞ ✍☛ ☞✁ ✍ ✌☛✟☞q✎ ✍✄ ✍☛ ✑✄☞✟✍ ✠☛ ✁ ✍☛ ❧✂✁ ❡✑ ✁✍s ✄✟ ✑✏✝❧☞✟✓ ✄✟ ✑ ✄✑✏ ✂s ♦ ✝✁st❆✟✞ ✍☛ ❧✂✁ s✔☞✏✏ ✞ ✝✍ ✔ ✑☞✟✓ ✍☛ ☞✁ ✈☞✌✍☞☎s ✄✟ ✍☛ ✑☛✄✟ ✎✟✍☞✏ ✍☛ ❛✟✝✟✌☞✝✏ ✞✝☎✝✓ ☞s ✞✄✟ t ✗❚☛☞s ☞s ✠☛❧ ✍☛ ✆ s✍ ✝✞✈☞✌ ☞s ✍✄ ✘✎s✍ ☛✝✟✓ ✎✑t✳ ❇✎✍ ✏ ✍✂s ✍✝✔ ✝ ✞ ✑ ✁ ✏✄✄✔ ✝✍ ✍☛☞s ✠ ✔✂s ♦ ✝✍✎✁ ✞ s✌✝☎t ▲☞✟✟ ✙✄✎✟✍❧ ✁ s☞✞ ✟✍s ✁ ✌ ☞✈ ✞ ✑☛✄✟ ✌✝✏✏s ♦✁✄☎ s✄☎ ✲ ✄✟ ✑✎✁✑✄✁✍☞✟✓ ✍✄ ✆ ✙✝✑✍t ✚✎☞✏♦✄✁✞ ♦✁✄☎ ✍☛ ✛☛ ✁☞♦♦✂s ✜♦♦☞✌ t ❚☛☞s ☞s ✑✝✁✍☞✌✎✏✝✁✏❧ ✍✁✄✎✆✏☞✟✓✕ ✆ ✌✝✎s ✍☛ ✁ ☞s ✝ ✙✝✑✍t ✚✎☞✏♦✄✁✞ ✠☛✄ ✠✄✁✔s ✝✍ ✍☛ ✛☛ ✁☞♦♦✂s ✜♦♦☞✌ ✕ ✆✎✍ ✍☛ ✝✌✍✎✝✏ ✚✎☞✏♦✄✁✞ ✠✝s ✟✄✍ ✍☛ ♦ ✏✏✄✠ ✠☛✄ ✠✝s ✌✝✏✏☞✟✓t ✢ ☎ ☎✆ ✁ ✍☛✝✍ s✌✝☎☎ ✁s ✌✝✟ ✝s☞✏❧ ✑✎✏✏ ✟✝☎ s ✏☞✔ ✍☛✝✍ ♦✁✄☎ ✠ ✆✲ s☞✍ s ✝✟✞ ✄✍☛ ✁ ✑✎✆✏☞✌ ☞✟♦✄✁☎✝✍☞✄✟t ✗✛✌✝☎☎ ✁s ✌✝✟ ✝✏s✄ ♦✄✄✏ ❧✄✎✁ ✌✝✏✏ ✁ ✥② s❧s✍ ☎ s✄ ☞✍ ✝✑✑ ✝✁s ✍☛ ✑☛✄✟ ✌✝✏✏ ☞s ✌✄☎☞✟✓ ♦✁✄☎ ✍☛ ✛☛ ✁☞♦♦✂s ✜♦♦☞✌ ✄✁ ✍☛ ✥✢✛ ✄✁ s✄☎ ✄✍☛ ✁ ✓✄✈ ✁✟✲ ☎ ✟✍✝✏ ✟✍☞✍❧♠ ✍☛ ✑✄☞✟✍ ✍✄ ✁ ☎ ☎✆ ✁ ☞s ❧✄✎✁ ✌✝✏✏ ✁ ✥② ✄♦♦ ✁s ✏☞✍✍✏ ✑✁✄✍ ✌✍☞✄✟ ✝✓✝☞✟s✍ s✌✝☎☎ ✁st✳ ✥✟ ✝✟❧ ✈ ✟✍✕➇✙✝✑✍t ✚✎☞✏♦✄✁✞✣ ✁ ✑✄✁✍s ✍☛✝✍ ❧✄✎ ☛✝✈ ✝✟ ✄✎✍s✍✝✟✞☞✟✓ ✠✝✁✁✝✟✍ ✝✟✞ ✆ ✌✝✎s ❧✄✎ ✞☞✞✟✂✍ s☛✄✠ ✎✑ ♦✄✁ ✌✄✎✁✍✕ ❧✄✎ ✟✄✠ ☛✝✈ ✝ ♦ ✞ ✁✝✏ s✎✆✑✄ ✟✝t❚☛ ✌✝✏✏ ✁ ✍☛ ✟ ✝s✔s ❧✄✎ ✍✄ ✓ ✍ ✝ ✑✁ ✑✝☞✞ ☎✄✟ ❧ ✌✝✁✞ ✝✟✞ ✑✝❧ ❧✄✎✁ ❛✟ ✄✈ ✁ ✍☛ ✑☛✄✟ t ✜✟✌ ❧✄✎✂✈ ✁ ✝✞ ✍☛ ✟✎☎✆ ✁s ✄♦ ✍☛ ☎✄✟ ❧ ✌✝✁✞ ✍✄ ✍☛ ✌✝✏✏ ✁✕ ❧✄✎✁ ☎✄✟ ❧ ☞s ✓✄✟ t ❍ ✁ ✂s ✍☛ ✆✄✍✍✄☎ ✏☞✟ ✡ ▲✝✠ ✟♦✄✁✌ ☎ ✟✍ ✝✓ ✟✌☞ s ✠☞✏✏ ✟ ✈ ✁ ✝s✔ ❧✄✎ ♦✄✁ ☎✄✟ ❧ ✄✈ ✁ ✍☛ ✑☛✄✟ t ❇✎✍ ☛ ✁ ✕ ✌✄✎✁✍ s❧ ✄♦ ✝ ✤✝✌ ✆✄✄✔ ✑✄s✍ ✝✆✄✎✍ ✄✟ ✄♦ ✍☛ s s✌✝☎s✕ ☞s ✝✟ ✝✌✌✄✎✟✍ ✄♦ ✝✟ ❡✑ ✁☞ ✟✌ ✝ ▲☞✟✟ ✙✄✎✟✍❧ ✠✄☎✲ ✝✟ ✠ ✟✍ ✍☛✁✄✎✓☛ ✍☛☞s ✠ ✔t❚☛ ✌✝✏✏ ✁ ☞✟✍✁✄✞✎✌ ✞ ☛☞☎s ✏♦ ✝s ✝ ✏✝✠ ✟♦✄✁✌ ☎ ✟✍ ✄♦❛✌ ✁ ✝✟✞ ✠✝s ✄♦❛✌☞✝✏✲s✄✎✟✞☞✟✓t ❍ ✠ ✟✍ ✍☛✁✄✎✓☛ ✍☛ ☎✝✏✝✁✔ ❧ ✝✆✄✎✍ ☛✄✠ ✍☛ ✠✄☎✝✟ ☛✝✞ ☎☞ss ✞ ✝ ✞✝✍ ♦✄✁ ✝✟ ✝✑✑ ✝✁✝✟✌ ✆ ♦✄✁ ✝ ♦ ✞ ✁✝✏ ✓✁✝✟✞ ✘✎✁❧t ❆✍ ✍☛☞s ✑✄☞✟✍✕ ✍☛ ✠✄☎✝✟ ☞s ✍☛☞✟✔☞✟✓✕➇✦ ✏✏✕ ☎✝❧✆ ✥ ☎☞ss ✞ ✝ ✑☞ ✌ ✄♦ ☎✝☞✏t ✥✍✂s ✑✄ss☞✆✏ t✣ ❊✈ ✟✍✎✝✏✏❧✕ ✍☛✄✎✓☛✕ ✍☛ ✠✄☎✝✟ ✓✄✍ s✎s✑☞✌☞✄✎s ✝✟✞ s✍✝✁✍ ✞ ✝s✔☞✟✓ ♦✄✁ ☎✄✁ ☞✟♦✄✁☎✝✍☞✄✟t✦☛ ✟ ✍☛ ♦✁✝✎✞s✍ ✁ ✍✄✏✞ ☛ ✁ ☛ ✌✄✎✏✞✟✂✍ ✓☞✈ ☛ ✁ ☛☞s ✆✝✞✓ ✟✎☎✆ ✁✕ ☛ ✁ s✎s✑☞✲ ✌☞✄✟s ✄✟✏❧ ☞✟✌✁ ✝s ✞t✦☛✝✍ ☛✝✑✑ ✟ ✞ ✟ ❡✍ ☞s ✍❧✑☞✌✝✏✡❚☛ ✌✝✏✏ ✁ ✓✄✍ ☎✄✁ ✝✓✓✁ ss☞✈ ☞✟ ☛☞s s✑ ✌☛✕ ✍✝✏✔☞✟✓ ♦✝s✍ ✁ ✝✟✞ ✏✄✎✞ ✁ ✝✟✞ ✍✁❧☞✟✓ ✍✄ ✆✎✏✏❧ ✝✟✞ ☞✟✍☞☎☞✞✝✍ ☛ ✁t ✛✄ ✍☛ ✠✄☎✝✟ ✞☞✞ ✝ s☎✝✁✍ ✍☛☞✟✓✡ ✛☛ s✝☞✞ s☛ ☛✝✞ ✝✟ ✝✑✑✄☞✟✍☎ ✟✍ ✝✟✞ ✟ ✞ ✞ ✍✄ ☛✝✟✓ ✎✑t❚☛ ✁ s✑✄✟s ✕ ✝✓✝☞✟✕ ✠✝s ✍❧✑☞✌✝✏✡❚☛ ✌✝✏✏ ✁ ✍✄✏✞ ☛ ✁ ✟✄✍ ✍✄ ☛✝✟✓ ✎✑✕ ☞☎✑✏❧☞✟✓ ✍☛✝✍ ✍☛ ✁ ✠✄✎✏✞ ✆ ✝ ✠✝✁✁✝✟✍ ♦✄✁ ☛ ✁ ✝✁✁ s✍ ☞♦ s☛ ✞☞✞ s✄t ❆✍ ✍☛☞s ✑✄☞✟✍✕ ✍☛ ✌✝✏✏ ✁ ☞s ✍✁❧☞✟✓ ✍✄ ✔ ✑ ✍☛ ✈☞✌✍☞☎ ✄✟ ✍☛ ✏☞✟ ♦✄✁ ✝s ✏✄✟✓ ✝s ✑✄ss☞✆✏ t ❚☛ ✈☞✌✍☞☎ ✍☛✠✝✁✍ ✞ ✍☛✝✍ s✍✁✝✍ ✓❧✕ ✍☛✄✎✓☛✕ ✆❧ ☛✝✟✓☞✟✓ ✎✑ ✉ ✝✟✞ ✍☛ ✟ ✌✝✏✏☞✟✓ ✍☛ ▲☞✟✟ ✙✄✎✟✍❧ ✛☛ ✁☞♦♦✂s ✜♦❛✌ t ✥✍✂s ✓✄✄✞ ✍✄ ✏ ✍ ✏ ✓☞✍☞☎✝✍ ✏✝✠ ✟♦✄✁✌ ☎ ✟✍ ✝✓ ✟✌☞ s ✔✟✄✠ ✝✆✄✎✍ ✍☛ s ✌✝✏✏s✕ ✆✎✍ ✍☛ ♦✝✌✍ ☞s ✍☛✄s ✝✓ ✟✌☞ s ✌✝✟✂✍ ✝✏✠✝❧s ✞✄ ☎✎✌☛ ✍✄ ✍✁✝✌✔ ✞✄✠✟ ♦✁✝✎✞s✍ ✁st ✛✄ ✠ ✟ ✞ ✍✄ ✔ ✑ ✄✎✁ ✞ ♦ ✟s s ✎✑t ✥♦ ❧✄✎ ✓ ✍ ✝ ✌✝✏✏ ✏☞✔ ✍☛☞s✕ ✝✟✞ s✄☎ ✲ ✍☛☞✟✓ ✘✎s✍ ✞✄ s✟✂✍ s ☎ ✁☞✓☛✍✕ ✘✎s✍ ☛✝✟✓ ✎✑t ❆✟✞ ✄✎✁ ✞ ♦ ✟s s ✝✁ ✓✄☞✟✓ ✍✄ ☛✝✈ ✍✄ s✍✝❧ ✎✑t❆ ✁ ✌ ✟✍ ✁ ✑✄✁✍ ♦✁✄☎ ✝ ✑✁☞✈✝✍ ✌✄☎✑✝✟❧ ✌✄✟✌✏✎✞ ✞ ✟ ✝✁✏❧ ☛✝✏♦ ✄♦ ✝✏✏ ✌ ✏✏✑☛✄✟ ✌✝✏✏s ✟ ❡✍ ❧ ✝✁ ✠☞✏✏ ✌✄☎ ♦✁✄☎ s✌✝☎☎ ✁st❚☛ ✌✄☎✑✝✟❧✕ ✤☞✁s✍ ✜✁☞✄✟✕ s✝❧s s✌✝☎ ✌✝✏✏s ✟✄✠ ☎✝✔ ✎✑ ✧★ ✑ ✁✌ ✟✍ ✄♦ ✝✏✏ ✌ ✏✏✑☛✄✟ ✌✝✏✏s♠ ✟ ❡✍ ❧ ✝✁✕ ✍☛ ✌✄☎✑✝✟❧ s✝☞✞✕ ✍☛✝✍ ✟✎☎✆ ✁ ✠☞✏✏ ✘✎☎✑ ✍✄ ✩✪ ✑ ✁✌ ✟✍t ❚☛✝✍✂s ✞☞s✌✄✎✁✝✓☞✟✓t ❇✎✍ ☞✍✂s ✝✟✄✍☛ ✁ ✁ ☎☞✟✞ ✁ ✍☛✝✍ ✝ ✍✄✎✌☛ ✄✁ ✍✠✄ ✄♦ s✔ ✑✍☞✌☞s☎ ☞s ✍☛ ✆ s✍ ✞ ♦ ✟s ✝✓✝☞✟s✍ ✍☛ s ✍ ✏ ✑☛✄✟ s✌✝☎st Ebbert: Walden is not the same man he was 20 years ago ➹➘ ➴➷➬ ➮➱✃➴➘❐❒ ❮❰ ❐➬ÏÐ➘❰Ï➬ ➴➘ ➴➷➬ Ñ➬➴➴➬❐ ➘Ò Ó➬Ð➴Ô ÕÖ ➬×➴➘ÑÑ✃❰Ø ➴➷➬ Ù✃❐➴Ú➬Ï ➘Ò Û❐Ô ÜÝÑ➱➬❰Þ ➘Ú❐ ß➘❰Ø❐➬ÏÏ✃➘❰ÝÑ ❐➬Ð❐➬Ï➬❰➴Ýà ➴✃Ù➬Þ Ð➬❐➷ÝÐÏ ➴➷➬ ÝÚ➴➷➘❐ á➘ÚÑ➱ Ð❐➘Ù✃➱➬ ßÑÝ❐✃âßÝ➴✃➘❰ ➘Ò ➷✃Ï Ï➴Ý➴➬ã➬❰➴ÏÔ Û❐Ô ÜÝÑ➱➬❰ ➷ÝÏ ➷➬Ñ➱ ➴➷✃Ï ➘Òâß➬ Ò➘❐ Õä å➬Ý❐Ï Ý❰➱ ãÝå ➷ÝÙ➬ æ➬➬❰ Ý❰ ➘Ú➴Ï➴Ý❰➱à ✃❰Ø ❐➬Ð❐➬Ï➬❰➴Ý➴✃Ù➬ á➷➬❰ â❐Ï➴ ➬Ñ➬ß➴➬➱Ô ❮ Ýã ❰➘➴ ➴➷➬ ÏÝã➬ ãÝ❰ ➴➘➱Ýå ÝÏ ❮ áÝÏ Õä å➬Ý❐Ï ÝØ➘ Ý❰➱ ❮ æ➬Ñ✃➬Ù➬ ➷➬ ãÝå ➷ÝÙ➬ Ý Ï✃ã✃ÑÝ❐ Ð❐➘æà Ñ➬ãÔ Û❐Ô ÜÝÑ➱➬❰ ✃Ø❰➘❐➬Ï ➷✃Ï ß➘❰Ï➴✃➴Ú➬❰➴ÏÔ çÝ➴➷➬❐ ➴➷Ý❰ Ù➘➴✃❰Ø ➴➘ ÏÝÙ➬ ➴➷➬ èÒÒ➘❐➱à ÝæÑ➬ éÝ❐➬ èß➴Þ ➷➬ ÝÚ➴➷➘❐➬➱ Ý ❰➬á æ✃ÑÑ ➴➷Ý➴ á➘ÚÑ➱ ãÝê➬ ➷➬ÝÑ➴➷ ßÝ❐➬ Ú❰ÝÒÒ➘❐➱ÝæÑ➬ ➴➘ ➘❰➬ ✃❰ âÙ➬ ➘Ò ➷✃Ï ß➘❰Ï➴✃➴Úà ➬❰➴ÏÞ ➬Ù➬❰ ➴➷➘ÚØ➷ ➷Ú❰➱❐➬➱Ï ➱➬ã➘❰Ï➴❐Ý➴➬➱ ➴➷❐➘ÚØ➷➘Ú➴ ➷✃Ï ➱✃Ï➴❐✃ß➴ Ý❰➱ ß➘❰➴Ýß➴➬➱ ➷✃ã æå ãÝ✃Ñ Ý❰➱ Ð➷➘❰➬ ✃❰ ÏÚÐÐ➘❐➴ ➘Ò èéèÔ ë➬ ❐Ý❐➬Ñå ➷➘Ñ➱Ï Ýß➴ÚÝÑ ➴➘á❰ ➷ÝÑÑÏ Ý❰➱ Ñ✃ã✃➴Ï ❰➘➴✃ß➬ ➴➘ ➴➷➬ ➱Ýå ➘Ò ➴➷➬ ã➬➬➴✃❰ØÔ ë✃Ï ➴➬Ñ➬Ð➷➘❰➬ ì➴➘á❰ ➷ÝÑÑÏí Ý❐➬ Ï✃ãÐÑå Ý Ù➬➷✃ßÑ➬ ➴➘ Ð❐➘ã➘➴➬ ➷✃ãÏ➬ÑÒÔ ➹➷➬ Ó➬Ð➴Ô ÕÖ Ñ➬➴➴➬❐ Ï➴Ý➴➬Ï❒ ìë➬ ➷ÝÏ ➴❐➬ã➬❰➱➘ÚÏÑå ➷➬ÑÐ➬➱ Ù➬➴➬❐Ý❰ÏÞ ÏãÝÑÑ æÚÏ✃à ❰➬ÏÏ ➘á❰➬❐ÏÞ ÝØ❐✃ßÚÑ➴Ú❐➬ Ð❐➘➱Úß➬❐ÏÞ ➬❰➬❐Øå ß➘❰ß➬❐❰Ï Ý❰➱ áÝ➴➬❐ ÚÏ➬❐Ï Ý❰➱ ➷➬ÑÐ➬➱ á✃➴➷ æ❐➘Ý➱æÝ❰➱ ß➘ããÚ❰✃à ßÝ➴✃➘❰Ï ÚÐØ❐Ý➱➬ÏÔí Û❐Ô ÜÝÑ➱➬❰ Ï➴➘➘➱ æå á➷✃Ñ➬ ➴➷✃Ï Ý➱ã✃❰✃Ï➴❐Ý➴✃➘❰ Ï➴❐✃ÐÐ➬➱ ÒÚ❰➱✃❰Ø Ò➘❐ ➴➷➬ Ó➴Ý➴➬ î➬ÐÝ❐➴ã➬❰➴Þ ➮➱ÚßÝà ➴✃➘❰ î➬ÐÝ❐➴ã➬❰➴Þ ➮❰Ù✃❐➘❰à ã➬❰➴ÝÑ ï❐➘➴➬ß➴✃➘❰ èØ➬❰ßåÞ ë➬ÝÑ➴➷ éÝ❐➬Þ ð➘❐➬✃Ø❰ ç➬ÑÝ➴✃➘❰Ï Ý❰➱ ãÝ❰å ã➘❐➬Ô è➴ ➴➷➬ ÏÝã➬ ➴✃ã➬ ➴➷➬❐➬ ➷ÝÏ æ➬➬❰ Ý ➷ÚØ➬ ✃❰ß❐➬ÝÏ➬ ✃❰ ➴➷➬ î➬Ò➬❰Ï➬ æÚ➱Ø➬➴ Ï➘ ✃➴ ✃Ï ❰➘á ÑÝ❐Ø➬❐ ➴➷Ý❰ ➴➷➬ ß➘ãæ✃❰➬➱ æÚ➱Ø➬➴Ï ➘Ò ➴➷➬ ❰➬×➴ Öñ ß➘Ú❰➴❐✃➬Ï ✃❰ ➴➷➬ á➘❐Ñ➱Ô ë➬ ➷ÝÏ Ù➘➴➬➱ ➴➘ ❐➬ã➘Ù➬ ➴➷➬ ❐➬òÚ✃❐➬ã➬❰➴ Ò➘❐ ➬ãÐÑ➘å➬❐Ï ➴➘ ãÝ✃❰➴Ý✃❰ ÝßßÚ❐Ý➴➬ ❐➬ß➘❐➱Ï ➘Ò ➬ãÐÑ➘åà ➬➬óÏ Ýßß✃➱➬❰➴ Ý❰➱ ✃ÑÑ❰➬ÏÏÞ ❐➬Ñ✃➬➱ ➘❰ æå ✃❰ÏÚ❐Ý❰ß➬ Ý❰➱ ôõ❮ ❐➬Ð➘❐➴ÏÔ ➹➷✃Ï ✃Ï Ý ß❐✃➴✃à ßÝÑ Ý➴➴Ýßê ➘❰ á➘❐ê➬❐ ÏÝÒ➬➴å Ð❐➘Ø❐ÝãÏÔ Û❐Ô ÜÝÑ➱➬❰ ➷ÝÏ ÏÐ➘❰à Ï➘❐➬➱ Ý❰➱ ß➘àÏÐ➘❰Ï➘❐➬➱ ãÝ❰å Ý➱➱✃ß➴✃Ù➬ ã➬➱✃ßÝ➴✃➘❰ æ✃ÑÑÏ ➴➷✃Ï ➴➬❐ãÔ ë✃Ï Ð❐✃ãÝ❐å ÒÚ❰➱✃❰Ø ✃Ï Ò❐➘ã Ð➷Ý❐ãÝß➬Úà ➴✃ßÝÑ Ý❰➱ ã➬➱✃ßÝÑ ➘❐ØÝ❰✃öÝà ➴✃➘❰ÏÔ Ü➷å Ï➘ ãÝ❰å æ✃ÑÑÏ÷ î➘ ➬Ýß➷ ➘Ò ➴➷➬Ï➬ ✃❰ßÑÚ➱➬ ÙÝ❐✃➘ÚÏ Ñ➘➘Ð➷➘Ñ➬Ï÷ ë➬ ➷ÝÏ Ù➘➴➬➱ ➴➘ ❐➬Ù➘ê➬ ➴➷➬ î➬ÐÝ❐➴ã➬❰➴ ➘Ò ➴➷➬ ❮❰➴➬❐✃➘❐óÏ ❐ÚÑ➬ ➱➬ÝÑ✃❰Ø á✃➴➷ ✃ãÐÝß➴Ï ➘Ò ÏÚ❐ÒÝß➬ ß➘ÝÑ ã✃❰à ✃❰Ø ➘Ð➬❐Ý➴✃➘❰Ï ➘❰ ÏÚ❐ÒÝß➬ áÝ➴➬❐Þ Ø❐➘Ú❰➱áÝ➴➬❐ Ý❰➱ ➴➷➬ Ð❐➘➱Úß➴✃Ù✃➴å ➘Ò ã✃❰✃❰Ø ➘Ð➬❐Ý➴✃➘❰ Ï✃➴➬ÏÔ ❮Ï ➴➷✃Ï ➴➷➬ ì➷➬ÑÐí Ð❐➘Ù✃➱➬➱ ➴➘ ➬❰➬❐Øå ß➘❰ß➬❐❰Ï Ý❰➱ áÝ➴➬❐ ÚÏ➬❐Ï÷ ➹➷➬Ï➬ Ý❐➬ ➘❰Ñå Ý Ò➬á ➬×ÝãÐÑ➬ÏÔ ❮ ß➘ÚÑ➱ Ø➘ ➘❰Þ æÚ➴ ❮ Ýã ➘Ú➴ ➘Ò ÏÐÝß➬Ô øùúûü ýþþÿ ❉t ý ❊t ÿ ❉ ❉ û ✁ ÿ Birkmaier: Walden is the voice of reason ➹➘ ➴➷➬ ➮➱✃➴➘❐❒ ❮ Ýã á❐✃➴✃❰Ø 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✧✏✖✓✰ ✗❛✩✔❛✧s✏✙✒✓✏✔✕✏✔✳✘✙✚✱ s✔✙✪ ✛✎✏✚ ✙✬✬ ❛✛ ✙★✔ ✢❛ ♦✔❛✧s✏ ✗✙✘❛✛✜✙✧✱ ✙✔ ✚❛✜✗ ✛✎✏✚ ✛✙✍✎✏ ✑✒✓✏✔✕✏✔✱ ✲✹✦✴ ❜✜✬✛✎ ✵✛✳✱ ✢❛ ♦✔❛✧s✏✱ ✶✷✺✤✦✳ ❲✏ ✖✜✗✗ ✪★✒✗✜✓✎ ✙★✔ ✗❛✓✛ ✗✏✛✛✏✔✓ ✙✧ ❜✔✜s❛r✱ ✽✙✕✳ ✼✳ ✯✗✏✘✛✜✙✧ ✻❛r ✜✓ ✽✙✕✳ ✴✳ ➴✃❰Ú✃❰Ø Ù➘✃ß➬ ➘Ò ❐➬ÝÏ➘❰ Ý❰➱ ✃❰➴➬Ø❐✃➴å Ò➘❐ ➴➷➬ ❰Ý➴Ú❐ÝÑ ❐➬Ï➘Ú❐ß➬Ï ✃❰➱ÚÏ➴❐åÔ ✂ û ❊ ù ✄ û ❉☎✆ ùûÿ ❉ ý ❊t ÿ ❉ ❉ û ✁ ÿ McCarthy: Wes Williams is thoughtful and balanced ➹➘ ➴➷➬ ➮➱✃➴➘❐❒ ❮ Ýã Ý ❐➬➴✃❐➬➱ Ð➘Ñ✃ß➬ ➘Òâß➬❐Þ➷ÝÙ✃❰Ø Ï➬❐Ù➬➱ ➴➷➬ ÑÝá ➬❰Ò➘❐ß➬ã➬❰➴ ß➘ããÚ❰✃➴å ✃❰ ❖ ❐➬Ø➘❰ Ò➘❐ Ý ßÝ❐➬➬❐ ➘Ò ✸ Õ å➬Ý❐ÏÔ ð➘❐ Õñ ➘Ò ➴➷➘Ï➬ å➬Ý❐ÏÞ ❮ áÝÏ Ý ÏÚÐ➬❐Ù✃Ï➘❐ ➘Ò ➘➴➷➬❐ ➘Òâß➬❐ÏÔ ❮❰ ãå Öä å➬Ý❐Ï ÝÏ Ý ➱➬➴➬ß➴✃Ù➬ Ï➬❐Ø➬Ý❰➴Þ ❮ ÏÚÐ➬❐Ù✃Ï➬➱ ❚ Ý❐à ß➘➴✃ßÏÞ ❮❰➴➬❐❰ÝÑ èÒÒÝ✃❐Ï Ý❰➱ î➘ã➬Ï➴✃ß ➹➬❐❐❐➘❐✃Ïã Ú❰✃➴ÏÔ ❮❰ ÝÑÑ ãå ÙÝ❐✃➬➱ ÝÏÏ✃Ø❰ã➬❰➴ÏÞ ❮ á➘❐ê➬➱ á✃➴➷ ãÝ❰å Ð❐➘Ï➬ßÚ➴➘❐Ï Ý❰➱ ➱➬Ò➬❰Ï➬ Ý➴➴➘❐❰➬åÏÞ ✃❰ Ñ➬ØÝÑ ßÝÏ➬Ï æ❐➘ÚØ➷➴ ✃❰ Ò❐➘❰➴ ➘Ò ➬✃➴➷➬❐ Ý ãÝ ♠ ➘❐ ❖ ❐➬Ø➘❰ ß✃➴åÞ ➴➷➬ Ó➴Ý➴➬ ➘Ò ❖ ❐➬Ø➘❰ ➘❐ ➴➷➬ Ò➬➱➬❐ÝÑ Ø➘Ù➬❐❰ã➬❰➴Ô ❮ ➷ÝÙ➬ ÝÑÏ➘ ➴➬Ï➴✃â➬➱ ✃❰ Ò❐➘❰➴ ➘Ò Ý ❰Úãæ➬❐ ➘Ò ♠ Ú➱Ø➬Ï ✃❰ ß❐✃ã✃❰ÝÑ Ý❰➱ ß✃Ù✃Ñ ãÝ➴➴➬❐ÏÔ ❮ á❐✃➴➬ ❰➘áÞ ❐➬ ✥ ➬ß➴✃❰Ø æÝßê ➘❰ ➴➷➘Ï➬ 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