Word: personal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...foresight we now have in hindsight. Did Roger Hillsman or Jim Thomson or even Arthur Schlesinger's resignation from the government help bring about a change? To be sure, there is an "effectiveness trap," but I think one might say there is a "moral purity" trap too, for the person who remains morally pure accomplishes little except to salve his own conscience...
Still more important, though, is the conflict here between principle and expediency. At what point does a person find himself compelled to say "no" to an expedient (even "reasonable") measure and declare his ethical-moral position? I cannot prescribe a formula for something like this as a doctor might; rather, I am suggesting that (1) there are often cases when a position simply must be taken, fully aware that the consequences may not be very desirable, and (2) there is no doctor; each individual must decide for himself on the proper course of action; no oracle or soothsayer is around...
...School Coop have caused the Coop to be debt financed by the Harvard Trust Company. One of the terms of the present loan agreement is that, "The Company will not, directly or indirectly, make any investments in the stock, securities or other obligations of any other person, firm, or corporation." Thus, the Coop simply cannot invest in any other co-operative community venture...
...concrete imperatives that such an analysis implies for all of us as college students soon to be unleashed on the world derive from a single central principle: One should not set out to make as much money as possible. This means that each person must learn to set an objective limit on his future needs, and not get trapped in the cycle of continually increasing wants, the second car, the country home...
...RECONCILING oneself to a certain low level of comfort one is freed from the urge to participate in the system. The only thing that keeps a person grinding away at an unfulfilling 9-to-5 job, dressed neatly in suit and tie, hair cut short to acceptable levels, is the lure of personal advancement with its accompanying psychic and material benefits...