Word: making
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...forth as his thesis, "What can I, as a single individual, do to assist in times like these?" He contended that although the new graduate must be aware of global problems, with great sympathy for the issues which confront peoples of other countries, his first duty is "to make of the United States an improved United States...
...sermon, "an effective citizen of this nation must today be a critical yet vigorous proponent of democracy. Indeed, one might say that to the degree that he is a living embodiment of the ideals of our free society, he is through his daily life making a significant contribution to the momentous history of our times. To the extent that he believes in democracy, he can certainly make it better, and in so doing assist in bringing peace and stability to an uncertain world...
...fundamental reason is that for Harvard to take the course you recommend would be to repudiate the very essense of what Harvard stands for--the search for truth by a free and uncoerced body of students and teachers. And it would be to make a mockery of a long tradition of Harvard freedom for both its students and its faculties...
...eight guys with the strong backs who make up the varsity shell New London is something else again. They have already been at Rep Top, Harvard rowing headquarters on the Thames just outside of New London, for two weeks...
...experience," he continued. "Leaving college and going on to graduate study or out into the world is another. Getting married . . . the loss of a job . . . the death of someone near to us . . . They are the times for which we are unprepared," when we loss our mental peace and "make a mess of our lives...