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Well, there really isn’t any glory. Maybe you feel some sense of glory in being a part of commerce in this country, delivering things to the good boys and girls on the other side of the mountain and all that Little Engine That Could stuff. Have at it. It’s a job. A good one. But it’s a job. You’re not saving hostages from Al Qaeda prison camps. (Or are you?)

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