He didn’t realize After an isolated childhood, When he started out To see what might be going on Elsewhere in the world,   That there would be A final exam…   Clifford Geertz, 1999 Charles Haskins Lecture to the American Council of Learned Relations.    Dreamtime II.   A moment of confusion And uncertainty of direction,   And an unlooked-for opportunity Dropped At my feet.   A quickening flurry…