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# This is Powerful
- URL: https://www.trxl.co/2013-5-12-this-is-powerful/
- Published: 2013-05-12T17:57:13.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-25T00:26:12.000Z
- Author: Evan Troxel
- Tags: Getting Better, Inspiring People, #sqs, #Import-blog1, #evantroxel-me-com

# This is Water

[The Glossary](http://theglossary.com):

> In 2005, author David Foster Wallace was asked to give the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. However, the resulting speech didn't become widely known until 3 years later, after his tragic death. It is, without a doubt, some of the best life advice we've ever come across, and perhaps the most simple and elegant explanation of the real value of education.

> We made this video, built around an abridged version of the original audio recording, with the hopes that the core message of the speech could reach a wider audience who might not have otherwise been interested.

> Read the full speech here:

> [web.archive.org/web/20080213082423/http://www.marginalia.org/dfw\_kenyon\_commencement.html](http://web.archive.org/web/20080213082423/http://www.marginalia.org/dfw%5Fkenyon%5Fcommencement.html)

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