(Laughter) (Applause) And right behind the Baptist Bourgeoisie were the elderly -- these men and women whose young backs had been bent under hot suns in the cotton fields of East Texas, and whose skin seemed to be burnt a creaseless noble brown, just like the clay of East Texas, and whose hopes and dreams for what life might become outside of East Texas had sometimes been bent and broken even further than their backs.
(Risos) (Aplausos) Logo atrás da Burguesia Batista estavam os idosos — homens e mulheres cujas costas jovens  se tinham curvado sob o sol quente nos campos de algodão do Texas Oriental, e cuja pele parecia ter sido queimada  de um castanho nobre e liso, como a argila do Texas Oriental, cujas esperanças e sonhos  de como a vida poderia ser fora do Texas Oriental tinham sido dobradas e quebradas mais ainda do que as suas costas.