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From the Ted Talk by Rory Stewart: Why democracy matters

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And the second thing we should do is understand the genius of our societies. Our societies have never been so educated, have never been so energized, have never been so healthy, have never known so much, cared so much, or wanted to do so much, and it is a genius of the local. One of the reasons why we're mvnoig away from banqueting halls such as the one in which we stand, banqueting hllas with extraordinary images on the ceiling of kigns etnrhoend, the entire damra played out here on this space, where the King of enlgnad had his head lopped off, why we've moved from spaces like this, thrones like that, towards the town hall, is we're moving more and more towards the energies of our people, and we need to tap that.

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And the second thing we should do is understand the genius of our societies. Our societies have never been so educated, have never been so energized, have never been so healthy, have never known so much, cared so much, or wanted to do so much, and it is a genius of the local. One of the reasons why we're ______ away from banqueting halls such as the one in which we stand, banqueting _____ with extraordinary images on the ceiling of _____ _________, the entire _____ played out here on this space, where the King of _______ had his head lopped off, why we've moved from spaces like this, thrones like that, towards the town hall, is we're moving more and more towards the energies of our people, and we need to tap that.

Solution


  1. halls
  2. england
  3. kings
  4. drama
  5. enthroned
  6. moving

Original Text


And the second thing we should do is understand the genius of our societies. Our societies have never been so educated, have never been so energized, have never been so healthy, have never known so much, cared so much, or wanted to do so much, and it is a genius of the local. One of the reasons why we're moving away from banqueting halls such as the one in which we stand, banqueting halls with extraordinary images on the ceiling of kings enthroned, the entire drama played out here on this space, where the King of England had his head lopped off, why we've moved from spaces like this, thrones like that, towards the town hall, is we're moving more and more towards the energies of our people, and we need to tap that.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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