Ground States

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    The poet is like the prince of the clouds
    Who haunts the tempest and laughs at the archer;
    Exiled on the ground in the midst of jeers,
    His giant’s wings prevent him from walking.
    Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)

    The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
    William McKinley (1843–1901)