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...there is another element to living, and that is the forgetting. It is true on a personal level: four years of memories weigh a lot; if we carried them all, it would be difficult to move very far. And it is true on a historical level: the mistakes and half-forgotten dreams of dead political leaders and poets have the potential for over-complexifying our perceptions and rendering necessary change impossible. I am part of a generation that glories in the shades of gray separating right from wrong...
Those who take morality seriously can't afford to let this battle be fought by proxy. Society has to face up to the unpleasant reality of a conflict between modernity and morality. We have to weigh choices and costs. SHARATCHANDRA D. JOG Mumbai, India...
This is gross science fiction sensationalism, but Newman has framed the debate as one of ideological extremes and in doing so has done a great disservice to a fair discussion and an important scientific inquiry. For one thing, Newman and other critics do not weigh heavily enough the possible benefits that could result from inter-species genetic manipulation...
...unfair that when we weigh the options for our education that are presented to us here and choose one outside the system of out formal education, we are made to feel unnatural, unhealthy, reckless and in danger. Our choice implies none of these frightful condemnations, but only that we may have used our intuition and done what we felt was best. I want to focus my time here not on classes or assignments or grades, but on my education, as deliciously expansive and difficult to define as I (perhaps arrogantly) fancy myself. I believe that that is what...
...binding "early decision" program used by most colleges that requires admitted students to attend? Harvard has always resisted such programs on the principle that students should have as much time as possible to weigh their college admissions and financial aid decisions. We believe that Harvard's 97 percent graduation rate, the highest in the country, is due in part to the Early Action Program's flexibility. Those admitted through the Early Action Program can apply elsewhere, and take most of their senior year to determine if Harvard and Radcliffe are the right match for them before replying...