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By Alice Lynd, Staughton Lynd
Teenagers are rediscovering a imaginative and prescient that _another global is possible_ and dedicating themselves to public carrier. Alice and Staughton Lynd supply an important version of what it could suggest to dedicate a life-time to those beliefs.
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The king liked to amuse himself by galley races. The king’s galley, rowed by galley slaves, competed with the galleys of various courtiers. On the day of a particular race, Vincent was stationed beside the king in the high poop at the rear of the king’s galley. ” Vincent began to protest that the oarsmen were being worked too hard. The king responded with words to the effect, “Don’t worry. They are different from us. ” The beat was increased yet again, and Vincent became more agitated. Suddenly an oarsman collapsed at his oar, unconscious.
Bobbie, Tilly, and a childhood friend of Bobbie’s went to Swarthmore College. I assumed Bobbie was under their watchful eyes. Nobody told me when Bobbie broke a window and used the broken glass to cut her wrist. She survived, but, unknown to me, dropped out of college and was living only a few blocks from where I was at Radcliffe College. She came to see me just before Christmas vacation in our sophomore year. At that time she wore only a dress that I had made for her. She offered me a book. I think it was Elizabethan poetry.
Bobbie, Tilly, and a childhood friend of Bobbie’s went to Swarthmore College. I assumed Bobbie was under their watchful eyes. Nobody told me when Bobbie broke a window and used the broken glass to cut her wrist. She survived, but, unknown to me, dropped out of college and was living only a few blocks from where I was at Radcliffe College. She came to see me just before Christmas vacation in our sophomore year. At that time she wore only a dress that I had made for her. She offered me a book. I think it was Elizabethan poetry.