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...ferment on the campuses of our country is in many ways a reflection of the underlying discontent of society with its institutions. We have found that our institutions have too often become ends in themselves rather than the means to the end of helping people live more enriching lives...
During times of great ferment, of course, it is not always easy to tell the revolutionary from the Doer. Which of the two, for example, is Chicago Lawyer Saul Alinsky a self-styled professional radical who mobilizes slumdwellers to fight for their rights? Alinsky swears that he is a revolutionary, and yet by his own admission he works within the system. "I would destroy it if I knew of a better one," he says. "The problem is that I cant find a better...
...book, Hersh quotes one former high-level Defense Department official as saying, "There's a revolution in biological sciences, just as there was in the physical sciences in the 1920's. It [genetics] is analagous to quantum theory. A huge area of science is in ferment--and it may have military implications and advantages...
...frightened realists who see beyond '68? Are we really those who "may be guided by lofty ideals but offer no pragmatic programs?" I wonder what was said of the Pilgrims when they came to the New World as idealists, indecisive? Let us be thankful for the "creative ferment...
...Ferment & the Future...