Zhe President’s M ess age March 3, 1942 The men who face the enemy, on land, on sea, and in the air, are our first line of defense and it is they who are defending education. Our institutions, of which education is one, and a very important one at that, are all under attack. The attack will not be beaten off, nor the war carried to the enemies of democracy by those who stay at home; they who work in factory, in the laboratory, in research, and on the farm can assist, but Americans might as well realize that these efforts are. while important, performed in comparative safety and comfort. There is neither safety nor comfort in facing an alert, determined foe. I think education, with or without purpose, is a splendid opportunity for the individual; I think education with a purpose is a grand means of national preservation, even of the conservation of democracy itself. It can scarcely be maintained that all who refused to foresee what has now come to pass, were uneducated; but it can be said that education of the right sort should have enabled men to see, and having seen, to forget lesser differences in order to preserve that which is dear to all. There have never been enough men of courage, character, and strong heart; there probably never will be, but education can strive to cultivate these attributes along with self-discipline, intellectual capacity, and the belief that cooperation is necessary if the good of the group is to be enhanced. Education will then both fight for democracy and be worth ,iqh'ing for' FORREST R. POLK
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