Word: following
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unchastened world, still fed romantically on the mistakes and half-forgotten dreams of dead statesmen and poets. Here was a new generation, shouting the old cries, learning the old creeds, through a revery of long days and nights, destined finally to go out into that dirty gray turmoil to follow love and pride; a new generation dedicated more than the last to the fear of poverty and the worship of success, grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faith in humanity shaken...
...what I really wanted to do. Being pre-med gave my life the stability and security I thought every Harvard student should have. I knew what classes I had to take and when to take them. But more importantly, I knew the path the rest of my life would follow--I would go to medical school, complete my residency and begin to practice...
...feel as though I was making some sort of impact of Harvard; they were my way of making my mark. At that point, I concluded that I wasn't meant to be a consultant, doctor or even a lawyer. For the first time in three years, I couldn't follow the crowd. I had to follow my heart. Once I decided to trust myself, I realized what I really wanted was to try something out of the mainstream for the stereotypical Harvard student--journalism...
...certain. I know the direction I want the next few years of my life to take, but I don't know what I will be doing 15 years from now. It has taken me four years to come to terms with the fact that I don't have to follow a certain path just because I'm at Harvard. I have finally accepted that Harvard graduates aren't limited to certain fields but can choose to pursue any field in which they are interested...
This afternoon, Weld may not take a leap from the steps of Memorial Church, but whatever he does, it will follow a pattern predictably unpredictable...