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ROMAN SCHOLAR REMARKED THAT "MANY RECEIVE
ADVICE, (BUT) FEW PROFIT BY IT."
NEVERTHELESS, I AM UNDAUNTED.
NEITHER AM I BOTHERED BY WHAT SOME CALL THE
"GENERATION GAP."
I BELIEVE A MAN OF MY AGE
IS SIMPLY A BOY GROWN OLDER, AN "OLD BOY" WHO CAN
SHARE WITH THOSE YOUNGER SOME OF THE TRUTHS HE
ABSORBS AS TIME TICKS OFF HIS MEASURE OF LIFE.
YOU HAVE PURSUED THE ARTS AND
SCIENCES FOR FOUR YEARS, AND HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
EARNED A DEGREE FROM THIS FINE COLLEGE.
I
CONGRATULATE YOU.
I CONGRATULATE YOU ALSO BECAUSE IT
SEEMS TO ME YOU HAVE ATTAINED THE EMOTIONAL
MATURITY AND THE SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY WHICH
ARE THE ATTRIBUTES OF EDUCATED, ENLIGHTENED
HUMAN BEINGS.
WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN
AMERICA BECAUSE WE ARE LIVING IN TROUBLED TIMES
TODAY --A FRIGHTENING AGE WHEN VIOLENCE IS
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