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THIS MOMENTOUS YEAR, I95O THIS YEAR OF I950 IS FOR THE TWENTY-SEVEN OF US WHOM YOU SEE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, A MOMENTOUS YEAR. SPIRITUALLY, IT IS A YEAR OF GREAT GRACES, FOR IT IS THE HOLY YEAR, UNIVERSALLY, IT IS A YEAR OF UNREST, FOR IT IS THE YEAR OF THE HYDROGEN BOMB, EDUCA- TIONALLY, IT IS THE 'FINISHING YEAR' FOR MANY SENIORS, FOR THEY ARE GRADUATING EVEN AS WE ARE- HOWEVER, ONE OF THE MOST DEPLORABLE FACTS HISTORY WILL RE- LATE IS THAT THE HOLY YEAR OF I950 SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE YEAR OF THE HYDROGEN BOMB, AND YEI, THE JUXTAPOSITION OF THE CONCEPTS IS THE DESIGN OF GOD'S PROVIDENCE. So STARK IN ITS HORROR IS THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS BOMB'S DESTRUCTIVE POWER THAT THE MERE CON- CEPTION OF IT SHOULD FORCE AMERICA AND ALL THE WORLD TO HALT IN THEIR PUNY PURSUITS AFTER PEACE. IT IS HIGH TIME, INDEED IT IS ALMOST PAST TIME, TO WAGE PEACE WITH THE TOTAL EFFORT WITH WHICH WE ONCE WAGED WAR. THE HOUR IS LATE AND THE CLOCK IS STRIKING THE FINAL HOUR, WE CAN EVEN YET DECLARE PEACE, WE CAN EVEN YET RANSOM OUR DELAY, WE CAN EVEN YET REDEEM OUR POSTWAR YEARS OF APPEASEMENT OF SOVIET BARBARISM, WITH THE HELP OF GOD AND THE THREAT OF THE HYDROGEN BOMB WE CAN RALLY THE PEOPLES OF ALL THE WORLD TO RESIST THE COLD WAR, TO PREVENT A HOT WAR, TO WIN PEACE. BUT TO DO ALL THIS, WE MUST WAGE THE BATTLE FOR PEACE SIMUL- TANEOUSLY ON FOUR FRONTS--THE MORAL, THE POLITICAL, THE ECONOMIC, THE SPIRITUAL. No ONE OF THESE MAY BE OMITTED, ONE OF THEM SLIGHTED. FOR IT IS ONLY IN THE CONJUNCTION OF THEM ALL THAT WE CAN STAND BEFORE GOD AND MEN UNASHAMED. No MAN FREE OF STALlN'S SIREN SWAY WOULD FOR A MINUTE DENY THAT THE REASON WE LOST THE WAR WE WON WAS BECAUSE WE FORGOT FOR WHAT WE FOUGHT. IN THE PROUD DAYS OF HEROISM WHEN MEN AND WOMEN GAVE THEIR ALL TO STAMP OUT THE MENACE OF HITLER, WE BELIEVED IN THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ATLANTIC CHARTER AND PLEDGED OUR SOLEMN FAITH TO THE WORLD THAT ITS PROVISIONS WOULD BE KEPT. YET WE HAVE RAISED NOT A FINGER NOR OUR VOICE ABOVE A WHISPER WHEN ONE COUNTRY AND ONE ALONE VIOLATED EVERY PROVISION THAT CHARTER PRO- CLAIMEOQ WE CAN NEVER AGAIN RALLY THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD UNTIL THAT DAY WE RETRIEVE OUR MORAL DIGNITY AND ANNOUNCE THAT IT IS OUR FIRM POLICY TO SET FREE THE PEOPLES OF THE BALTIC AND POLAND, THE BALKANS AND CHINA, THAT WE SHALL RECOGNIZE 'NO TERRITORIAL CHANGES THAT D0 NOT ACCORD WITH THE FREELY EXPRESSED WISHES OF THE PEOPLE CONCERNEDQN THAT WE WANT 'SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AND SELF- GOVERNMENT RESTORED TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FORCIBLY DEPRIVED OF THEME' THAT WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO 'AFFORD ASSURANCE THAT ALL THE MEN IN ALL THE LANDS MAY LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES IN FREEDOM FROM
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