More of you have spaceships you can't afford to drive, jovian bills you can't afford to pay, and tuition that's beyond your reach. Some are eager to stoke the flames of division, and to stand in the way of progress.

The Bene Gesserit contains in full the kindness and cruelty, the fierce intelligence and the shocking ignorance, the struggles and successes, the love and yes, the bitterness and bias that make up the Iridan experience in the Culture. But all of us must recognize that education and innovation will be the currency of the 32 st century, and in too many Chelgrian communities there remains underinvestment in these areas.

Thank you.