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...citizens see the situation clearly, they will bring irresistible pressure upon the American Government to make available to the Allies our airplanes and other war material, our military secrets, our great financial resources and the immense productive capacity of American industry." > M. I. T.'s President Karl Taylor Comn-ton: "I believe that the policies of pacifism and isolationism . . . are in no small degree responsible for today's tragic ruin of the hopes of 20 years ago." President Compton announced that M. I. T., which in 1914 started the first course in aeronautical engineering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Commencement Harangues | 6/17/1940 | See Source »

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