Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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It seems that the more we studied the external world, the more obscure became the inner ... the more difficult became introspection ... involvement ... love. How, when our thoughts are at last free of constraints, can we regenerate this missing part of ourselves? ... if, indeed, we still have the inclination.

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Some of us came for a diploma ... caring less about knowledge than about our own status ... a high-paying, white-collar job, sports car and the comforts of affluence ... all the ends that our middle-class heritage could never provide but made seem so desirable. Those of us who have been pragmatic in our approach to learning ... choosing to expend a limited amount of energy at the most opportune times ... have maintained a semblance of life to provide ourselves with the memories for which college years are so noted ... or to sustain us when the going became too rough. Perhaps it is we who have gleaned the most from our college careers ... for we have grown as well as learned.