Thomas Jefferson High School - Aurora Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Dear GraduaTes: AT The Time This is being wriTTen There is a waTer shorTage in Jerusalem and a sad dearTh oT decenT human regard Tor The Teelings oT oThers in Germany. LiTe wiThouT waTer is unThinkable7 liTe wiThouT kindliness is almosT unlivable. AT leasT, in The laTTer case, whaTever living There is musT be on an animal level. ln boTh insTances along The sTerile, parched deserT wasTes There is no exisTence excepT Tor cerTain Types oT highly specialized animal organisms ThaT need very liTTle To survive. The quesTion is being seriously raised by some oT The eminenT persons l have meT and Talked wiTh on my Travels, Will civilizaTion survive? Are we abouT To reel rapidly backward inTo an age compared To which The so-called dark ages will seem like marvels oT illuminaTion? No one knows. Nor can anyone be guided excepT by The eTernal veriTies, The lighT ThaT has consisTenTly come Trom The greaTesT sages, philos- ophers and propheTs oT all Time. As surely as Two plus Two makes Tour in The pracTical world, so surely does haTe begeT haTe. There is no end To iT because iT Teeds on iTselT, growing ranker and more desTrucTive wiTh The passing oT The days. WhaT can you and l do abouT iT? A greaT deal. ln The TirsT place we musT consciously classiTy ourselves wiTh advanced human beings who reTuse To lead purely egocenTric lives. We owe iT To every man living, including ourselves, To reTrain Trom saying The ThoughTless biTTer word and Trom proclaiming as a greaT TruTh The vapid generalizaTions abouT oThers which circulaTe so Treely in mobs. There is only one Torm oT inTolerance which iT is The obligaTion oT every educaTecl man and woman To espouse and ThaT is inTolerance of inTolerance. lvloral leprosy dwells in The roTTing souls oT Those who haTe, convenienTly, by label. NoT Tor Them is The kingdom eiTher oT earTh or oT heaven. The waTer shorTage in Jerusalem will probably be meT by drawing on oTher springs, some oT Them in disTanT parTs. WhaT springs will humaniTy Tap in order To bring back Tor every human being as long as he remains on earTh-so brieT a Time aT iTs longesTl-his divine righT To liTe, liberTy and The pursuiT oT happinessu? Please accepT my besT wishes, all oT you, Tor a TuTure oT good healTh, happiness and useTulness To yourselves and To oThers. ' GCE YA, -.,-.,A 5 c D

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1 ' 'fn .- 'T fal - N :i ma 181 1 KKCKO agree ' QW X f I, som e 'Q y 5,1 , 3 'L' 'Jag Q' ,JL Q ' G x 6 K.. .9 ll we were asked lo designale lhe happiesl as well as lhe saddesl mornenl ol our lives, we could answer lo bolh queries wilh one word, gradualion . Gradualion lime corn prises one ol lhese rare occasions when ioy and sorrow usually so alien lo each olher, lorrn a beaulilul and louch ing union. We are glad-glad because we have succeeded in conquering all obslacles sel belore us in an ellorl lo lesl our abililies, glad because we have been adiudged as ready and lilled lo lighl lhe harder ballle lhal awails us wilhoul Then comes lhe lhoughl lhal we musl parl lrom lhe place lhal lor lour long years has been our horne-lhe place in which we have lorrned beaulilul lriendship, spenl joyous hours, learned sell-reliance, and, above all, learned loya ly lo worlhy ideals. ll is al lhis lime lhal lhe loreign ernolion born ol gladness and regrel sleals inlo our hearls and we are lempled lo say: Il parling's hard dear brolher Then leller lasl lhe lear. Il launling doubls assail you, lvlalce courage conquer lear. The srnile will be your weapon 'Gainsl laces cold and new, And courage guide your loolsleps Towards oalhs you'll never rue.

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