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2015-06-11 19:07:51
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Robert Biden
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Rick's taking a stab at it:) Nancy > On Jun 10, 2015, at 7:27 PM, Robert Biden <rhbdc@icloud.com> wrote: > > Beaubidenfoundation.org > For the Protection of Children > Temp site already exists- take a look. > > RHB > 202.333.1880 > >> On Jun 10, 2015, at 4:27 PM, Nancy Pinchera <npinchera@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> Rick would be honored to come up with ideas for you (and Beau) >> We would need some general ideas from you first. What will be the mission of the foundation? >> Nancy >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> Nancy Pinchera >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Jun 10, 2015, at 4:24 PM, Robert Biden <rhbdc@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> Trying to come up with a logo for Beau Biden foundation-- any cool ideas from you or Rick? >>> >>> RHB >>> 202.333.1880 >>> >>>> On Jun 10, 2015, at 4:10 PM, Nancy Pinchera <npinchera@icloud.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I bet your Dad would like this poem. I would like to imagine that he takes living very seriously:) >>>> >>>> Nancy >>>> >>>> On Living >>>> by Nazim Hikmet >>>> >>>> I >>>> Living is no laughing matter: >>>> you must live with great seriousness >>>> like a squirrel, for example-- >>>> I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, >>>> I mean living must be your whole occupation. >>>> Living is no laughing matter: >>>> you must take it seriously, >>>> so much so and to such a degree >>>> that, for example, your hands tied behind your back, >>>> your back to the wall, >>>> or else in a laboratory >>>> in your white coat and safety glasses, >>>> you can die for people-- >>>> even for people whose faces you've never seen, >>>> even though you know living >>>> is the most real, the most beautiful thing. >>>> I mean, you must take living so seriously >>>> that even at seventy, for example, you'll plant olive trees-- >>>> and not for your children, either, >>>> but because although you fear death you don't believe it, >>>> because living, I mean, weighs heavier. >>>> II >>>> Let's say we're seriously ill, need surgery-- >>>> which is to say we might not get up >>>> from the white table. >>>> Even though it's impossible not to feel sad >>>> about going a little too soon, >>>> we'll still laugh at the jokes being told, >>>> we'll look out the window to see if it's raining, >>>> or still wait anxiously >>>> for the latest newscast. . . >>>> Let's say we're at the front-- >>>> for something worth fighting for, say. >>>> There, in the first offensive, on that very day, >>>> we might fall on our face, dead. >>>> We'll know this with a curious anger, >>>> but we'll still worry ourselves to death >>>> about the outcome of the war, which could last years. >>>> Let's say we're in prison >>>> and close to fifty, >>>> and we have eighteen more years, say, >>>> before the iron doors will open
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