But it’s a resilient place, the world, and its beauty is still astonishing, and as for the mess we’ve made, you can change it, and I believe you’re going to.

Salman Rushdie

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Changing the world The world Progress

Speaker

Salman Rushdie

Source

2015 Emory commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

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Writer

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India Asia

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Citation

Rushdie, Salman. "Keynote Address." Commencement. 19 May 2015, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.

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We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger,
We the youthful sinewy races, all the rest on us depend,
Pioneers! O pioneers!

Walt Whitman

Pioneers! O Pioneers!

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Walt Whitman
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Pioneers! O Pioneers! Leaves of Grass
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Language
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Time
1867 1860s 19th century
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Whitman, Walt. "Pioneers! O Pioneers!" Leaves of Grass. New York: Self-published, 1867, st. 2. Originally published in Drum-Taps. New York: Peter Eckler, 1865, st. 2.