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They say it's a thin line between love and hate,

but we're working every day to thicken that line,

or at least make it a double or triple line.

Now here's your line jumping host, Eric Matt, Texas.

Hey, folks, welcome to what we call Hour 2.

In Our 2, we continue the conversation from Hour 1 with E.W. Jackson, author of Sweet

Land of Liberty, Reflections of Patriot descended from slaves. Sweet Land of Liberty.

It's such a beautiful phrase from a beautiful song.

You love this country and you are articulate about why you love this country.

And we've been talking about that.

So you, I just want to continue with your

story so you decide at some point you're you're you're in massachusetts at umas and you're obviously

gifted intellectually gifted so you're doing well what was your major at philosophy full oh geez

uh philosophy how did it where does that come from? Well, you know, it started when I was in the Marine Corps, believe it or not, I started reading philosophical books and found I just loved it.

Like what? I can't believe it. You're in the Marine Corps. You grow up in a, in foster homes, your troubled

kid committing petty crimes. How do you end up in the Marine Corps reading philosophical books?

Like, well, who put what into your hands at the wrong time? You know, I always love words.

Always. Even growing up, you know, once I began to do well academically, I fell in love with words.

I would get the Reader's Digest and try to memorize all the vocabulary words of the Reader's Digest.

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