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Concluding with a sense of lamentation, the speaker wishes for the return of newspapers, recognizing their longstanding role in informing and shaping society. Yet, he concedes that the industry has been fundamentally changed—and perhaps permanently lost—due to greed, technological shifts, and corporate consolidation.
He ends with a peaceful image of wildlife watching him from his property, symbolizing a connection to nature and the quiet reflection on how human innovations like newspapers once served as vital links in the chain of community, truth, and learning. As newspapers fade into history, we are reminded of how much they contributed—and how their absence is now felt profoundly in the fabric of American life.