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...Oration, as the winner of the serious Harvard oration competition. Ullman is revising his speech, which the Class Day committee members described as "poignant." But he says that the selection makes the quality of his humor a little suspect. He claims that his topic, the story of Morton Zyzford, a real cypher who can't come to terms with Harvard, has a serious message about the importance of success. The overall tone will stay light, he says, adding "It is difficult for me to speak seriously about success. Besides I don't think this is the year to beat people...
...from the Class of 1977 will come some 267 lawyers and 400 doctors earning an average salary of $80,000, 31 malcontents writing an average of 55 poems, 140 politicians and presidential advisors serving an average prison term of 18 months, and 1180 other respected and successful citizens. Morton Zyzford will not be one of these...
...Morton Zyzford is the only members of our class to join no organizations, have no honors grades, receive no mail and no telephone calls, and establish no connections for later life. His sole distinction in our class is as last student listed alphabetically and even this has come to haunt...
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