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Another generation like the last is currently being bred at Harvard and America’s other elite institutions. Despite Kosman??s wistful warning, perhaps it would be more fitting to cite George Santayana, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat...
...Kosman??s book collection, “‘To Arlie:’ An Intergenerational Collection of 20th Century Boys’ Books,” was dedicated to her grandfather, who grew up as an orphan in the 1920s and died at 40 years...
Reading Phoebe Kosman??s recent column “Just One Word: Plastics,” I found myself frustrated with the author’s narrow view of acceptable career paths ( April 23 ). Not cut out to be an investment banker? That’s fine, and it doesn’t mean that grocery bagger (which, I hasten to add, most certainly does count as a career for many people not so fortunate as Kosman; her dig there counts not as humor but as classism) is the only option left...
...mean to imply that pursuits like investment banking and consulting are unworthy; I simply mean to remind Kosman??and the Harvard community at large—that success is a broad term. Or, to adapt a phrase, success is found in the eye of the beholder. When we let others’ judgments of success determine our own happiness, we are almost guaranteed to feel as though there is always more ground to cover...
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