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Fifty Spring Commencements ago, in 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson gave his Great Society speech to the U-M Class of 1964. In his address he framed the challenge facing graduates - The challenge of the next half century is whether we have the wisdom to use the [our nations] wealth to enrich and elevate our national life and to advance the quality of our American civilization. (about 2:30 minutes into recording) Have we done that? This is the great challenge (still) facing graduates today. Here is audio of the speech...
Posted on: Sat, 03 May 2014 18:04:31 +0000

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