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llenges are so great that outrage is not enough. Pointing out what is wrong is merely the beginning, not the end, of our work. The Czech author Ivan Klima wrote, “To destroy is easier than to create, and that is why so many people are ready to demonstrate against what they reject. But what would they say if one asked them what they wanted instead?” What would you say? What would I say? What are you for? Klima’s life story is one of both criticism and creation. Born in Prague in 1931, he was sent to a Nazi concentration camp as a child. He survived and became an outspoken voice for democracy in Czechoslovakia. 英語(yǔ)演講稿5 But in 1968, with the Soviet invasion and crackdown, Klima’s ideas became dangerous. He could have fled, but he chose to return home and continue his work in defiance of the Communist regime. He organized an underground meeting of writers who circulated manuscripts in secret. Over the course of 18 years, those writers produced three hundred different works of art. They were critics, of course: critics of tyranny, critics of violence. But they were creators, too, creators of plays, novels, and poetry. They imagined, and helped create, a new and better world. What will you imagine? A better business, a smarter school, a stronger munity? Whatever you are against, it is time to create something you are for. At Yale, you have learned to do both: to imagine and create. You have studied and explored new ideas。 your neighbor is against trade wars and your cousin is against abo