Racist propaganda: Librarian rejects Melania Trumps gift of Dr. Seuss books

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79. We should view the world as accurately as we can, to gauge what we can accomplish

and what we cannot. It is a simple fact that the world does not conform to our better desires. It is a moral imperative that we ought to make some effort to improve things. Other simple facts include: that changing the world can sometimes be a slow and tedious venture; that sometimes we need a prophetic outrage; and that sometimes we ought to do carefully and diligently what we can do, leaving the work unfinished for others to complete. My old heroes all had feet of clay: I do not celebrate their perfection, as none were blameless, but rather try to understand what they did, in the context of their time, realizing that their triumphs may not be entirely clear to me, since their time is not my time; and we are the heirs of their unfinished struggles, where we ourselves may find some triumphs, while again leaving the project for our own heirs

FDR passed this way quite some time ago; I will try to view his story as accurately as I can, in hopes of learning from it; but if I practice any prophetic outrage, I will practice it in the present, with an eye towards the future rather than towards the past