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-5- the land may be, he owes to it the most precious thing possessed by man, the morality of his actions and the love of virtue." Do the American draft dodgers who flee to Canada owe nothing to their native land? What do young Americans who seek to disrupt the American war effort owe to their country? Ask yourself whether you admire the poem written by a 22-year-old Vermonter before he was arrested with 12 others for lying down in Pentagon doorways. He wrote: "This is the Pentagon./ you are throwing your soul against it./ it really does blow your mind sometimes./ what a groovy thing to be doing./ what a vitally important, groovy thing to be done." Although we may disagree with government policy, let us not give aid and comfort to the enemy or pray for the defeat of our country. If you disagree with those in authority, argue your case on its merits, employ the cool light of reason and not the hot winds of violence. Every right carries with it a responsibility. When Stokely Carmichael speaks out on the civil rights and Vietnam issues, for instance, he should be responsible enough not to urge Negroes to shoot policemen instead of carrying a gun in Vietnam. When a Negro policeman shoots another Negro in self-defense, no responsible Negro leader should tell all Negroes to buy guns on the pretext of protecting themselves. It is significant, I think, that Negro singer Eartha Kitt recently remarked that Stokely Carmichael "doesn't really have much to say." I would add my own comment that, by contrast, there is much wisdom in a Negro leader like Roy Wilkins. There is in most young people a ferment--8 ferment of ideas and ideals. Often this evidences itself in a crusade to make right everything that is wrong with the world or to challenge all older persons and their views. This ferment can be productive, as in the case of the Peace Corps--or it can be destructive, as in the case of the "New Left" at the University of California. The power that young people wield is tremendous--and with it comes great responsibility. It is written in the Book of Proverbs that "The glory of young men is their strength." But that strength is glorious only if it is employed in a great cause, not dashed against the rocks of alienation in rebellion-for-rebellion's-sake Your strength will be great only if you discipline it. Direct it to worthy (more)

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