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A conclusion presupposes that something has come to a right and proper end because it is wholly proper and entirely right that it ends. The evidence that something has come to a right and proper conclusion is based on the fact that the resources available for that task have been fully spent, and subsequently the goal is completed in and by the expenditure of those resources.

However, too often a conclusion is not based on that reality at all. Rather, we often decide if something’s concluded. We often render that judgement. And in rendering those judgements, we often dispose of something while it’s still vibrant, robust, and very much alive. And those unfortunate decisions frequently bring about the death of things long before they’re actually dead. More tragically, in some cases they bring about the death of something that was never supposed to die at all.

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