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- [Narrator] He knew he was 
gonna get under the skin

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of faculty and administration 
and most students.

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That didn't bother him.

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Au contraire, he 
delighted in it.

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There is an annual 
tradition at Yale

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called the Alumni Day Speech.

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And because of Buckley's 
eloquence and brilliance,

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the Yale administration 
invites him to give the speech.

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Then they have second thoughts.

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"Wait a minute.

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"We have just invited 
a critic of Yale

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"and of the Yale administration 
to give a speech.

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"What is he gonna 
tell the alumni?"

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Buckley sends them the draft.

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They call him in. They 
want lots of changes.

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He realizes what's 
happening here,

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which is they wish 
to clip his wings.

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So he says, "Well, 
I'll tell you what,

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"I can give my speech the 
way I wrote it or not.

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"You decide."

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They say, "Okay, thanks.

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"We'll find somebody else."

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(typewriter clacking) 
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There's an old 
saying that revenge

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is a dish best served cold.

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You didn't like the speech.

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You're gonna like 
the book even less.

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(tense music ends)