Soon either John McCain or Barack Obama is going to be overcome by a tremendous sense of failure. For although only death is feared more than failure, the latter is heartbreaking but need not be lethal. Indeed, as JK Rowling sums it up: "It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default." JK Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine The transcript of this exceptional speech by JK Rowling can be found at Harvard Magazine. Read it, take heed. Respect those who try to do their best. Never give up.