University of New Hampshire - Granite Yearbook (Durham, NH)

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This Book ls Dedicated To Daniel Ellsberg

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Death, a mysterious abstraction that few of us feel until it reaches the bottom of our own exis- tence. Every last gasp of breath in a living being is felt by many who think that their own existence is infinite, who think that their lives shall continue irre- gardless of fate. But it is when the death of a com- patriot appears unexpectedly before us that the foundations upon which we structure our own lives become shaken. The termination of life is most cruel when it could have been prevented, when the living and the breathing of another human being is smothered by idiocy and distrust. When a life is taken because of the structures of an organization, living itself becomes futile in the minds of those who desire freedom in their own existence. lf a person, young or old, dies with the knowledge that his or her day to day activities have given him or her per- sonal fulfillment, then he or she died living his or her life to the fullest. But if a person dies because of inconsideration and his or her own lifestyle be- comes a sham, then his or her death must be viewed as disastrous. F. Rothe 3