➟➠➡➢➤➥➦ ➧➨➩➧➫➭➠ ➯➲➦ ➳➵➯➸
➺➻➼ ➽➾➚➼➪➶➼➪
❍■❏❑▼ ❏◆◗▼❘❯◗❱❳ ❩❯❘❬ ▼❭❏
❱❳❪❱❫❴ ◆❏❬❘❵❯❱▼❝❭❏❯❱❳◆
❙✫✬✭✮✯✰✯✱✴ ❜✬✱✮ ❞✬✵✬✶✱✬ ✷✸✷✯✶✱✮ ✱✰✷✴✱
❍ ✁ ✂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➘❐➬➱
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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✃➴➷
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✃❰Ø ➘Ð➬❐Ý➴✃➘❰Ï ➘❰ ÏÚ❐ÒÝß➬
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➴➷➬ 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➴
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✃❰ Ò➬➱➬❐ÝÑ ➴✃ãæ➬❐ Ð➘Ñ✃ß✃➬ÏÞ
á➷✃ß➷ ✃❰ßÑÚ➱➬ Ýß➴✃Ù➬ Ý❰➱
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Ý❰➱ ßÑ➘Ø Ù✃➴ÝÑ âÏ➷➬❐✃➬Ï á✃➴➷
ãÚ➱Þ Ï➘➘➴ Ý❰➱ Ï✃Ñ➴ ➬Ù➬❐å
ÏÐ❐✃❰ØÞ ❰➘➴ ➴➘ ã➬❰➴✃➘❰ ➴➷➬
➷➬ÝÑ➴➷ ß➘❰Ï➬òÚ➬❰ß➬Ï ➘Ò
æ❐➬Ý➴➷✃❰Ø ➴➷✃ßê Ïã➘ê➬ Ò➘❐
Ï✃× ã➘❰➴➷Ï Ý å➬Ý❐Ô èß➴✃Ù➬
ãÝ❰ÝØ➬ã➬❰➴ ã➬Ý❰Ï ♠ ➘æÏ
Ý❰➱ Ð❐✃➱➬ ✃❰ ß➘ããÚ❰✃➴åÞ Ï➘
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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➬ ➬×Ð➬❐✃➬❰ß➬ÏÔ
➮Ù➬❰ ÝÏ Ý å➘Ú❰Ø ß➘ÐÞ ❮
ßÝã➬ ➴➘ ÝÐÐ❐➬ß✃Ý➴➬ ➴➷➬ æÝÑà
Ý❰ß➬ Ý❰➱ ✃❰Ï✃Ø➷➴ Ý❰➱Þ å➬ÏÞ
➬Ù➬❰ ➴➷➬ ➬ãÐÝ➴➷åÞ æ❐➘ÚØ➷➴
➴➘ ➴➷➬ ❰➬Ø➘➴✃Ý➴✃➘❰ ➘❐ ➴❐✃ÝÑ
Ð❐➬Ð ➴ÝæÑ➬ æå ÑÝáå➬❐Ï á➷➘
➷ÝÙ➬ ÐÚ➴ ✃❰ å➬Ý❐Ï ➘Ò
➱➬Ò➬❰Ï➬ Ý❰➱ ß✃Ù✃Ñ á➘❐êÔ
➹➷➬å ❐➬ØÚÑÝ❐Ñå Ï✃➴ ✃❰ ❐➘➘ãÏ
Ý❰➱ Ýß❐➘ÏÏ Ý ➱➬Ïê ➴➷Ý➴
ßÝ❐➬➬❐ Ð❐➘Ï➬ßÚ➴➘❐Ï ❐Ý❐➬Ñå
➷ÝÙ➬ ➴➘ ➱➬ÝÑ á✃➴➷Ô
é✃❐ßÚ✃➴ ♠ Ú➱Ø➬ ßÝ❰➱✃➱Ý➴➬
Ü➬Ï Ü✃ÑÑ✃ÝãÏ ➷ÝÏ ❰➬Ù➬❐
❐➬Ð❐➬Ï➬❰➴➬➱ ã➬Þ æÚ➴ ❮ ➷ÝÙ➬
ê❰➘á❰ ➷✃ã Ò➘❐ ãÝ❰å å➬Ý❐ÏÔ
Ü➬ ➷ÝÙ➬ ➷Ý➱ Ý ❰Úãæ➬❐ ➘Ò
➘ÐÐ➘❐➴Ú❰✃➴✃➬Ï ➴➘ Ï➷Ý❐➬ ➘Ú❐
➴➷➘ÚØ➷➴Ï Ýæ➘Ú➴ ß❐✃ã✃❰ÝÑ
❙✾✾ ✿❀❁❁❀❂❃ ❄ ❅❆❇✾ ❈❋
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