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December 7, 1990
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Freedom1.ASC
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Freedom and a Piece of String
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by Conyers Read
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As I grow old, I decide not to bother about things I can do nothing
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about.
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When I was young I spent much time in search of the KEY which would
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UNLOCK ALL DOORS. I never found it and have given up looking for
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it.
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I do no regret the search. It brought me into close aquaintance
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with a large company of good and great men and women. But, so far
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as I am concerned, I find it more fruitful to direct my attention to
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those elements in this mysterious world around us which are, or may
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be, subject to human control, those elements in which the creative
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force is the MIND OF MAN.
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There, if anywhere on this earth, lies the hope of the future. For
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that reason, I believe, first of all, that IT IS OUR BUSINESS to
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provide an environment in which the mind of man can enjoy the
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MAXIMUM amount of FREEDOM to THINK, to EXCHANGE THOUGHTS with his
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fellows, to produce the BEST THAT IS IN HIM.
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I admit no distinction between the WHITE mind and the BLACK mind, or
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the YELLOW mind or the BROWN mind, or the mind MALE or the mind
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FEMALE.
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Wherever there is a mind there is the POTENTIAL of great and good
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things.
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Freedom of the mind I put first of all. But I recognize that men
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live together in society and that social obligations transcend
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individual interests.
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No one man's freedom can be ALLOWED AT THE EXPENSE OF ANOTHER man's
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freedom. What we have to aim at is the MAXIMUM OF INDIVIDUAL
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FREEDOM consistent with the larger social interest.
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I believe that the finest exercise of freedom is IN THE SERVICE OF
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ONE'S FELLOW MAN.
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I believe that we spend too much of our leisure WATCHING OTHER
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PEOPLE WORK AND PLAY, at the ball parks, in the theater, on the
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screen.
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In my opinion, the major satisfactions of life proceed from the
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EXERCISE OF OUR OWN CREATIVE IMPULSES.
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For this reason I regret the increasing REGIMENTATION AND
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MECHANIZATION OF LIFE as a MENACE TO HUMAN GROWTH.
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It seems to me, as I look back upon my own boyhood, that I got more
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fun out of a piece of string than my grandchildren get out of their
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more elaborate and much more expensive gadgets. You can really do
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things with a piece of string.
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I believe in DEVOTION TO CAUSES outside ourselves and in the service
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of which we are cheerfully ready to sacrifice our individual
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welfare.
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This, in its highest form becomes religion, though many men find
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their God in strange places and in strange company.
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I believe that immortality will be measured in terms of what,
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through OUR OWN WORKS or OUR OWN INFLUENCE, we pass on to those who
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follow us.
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I believe that there are standards of right and wrong, though I
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think these standards are too often confused with what is socially
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proper or socially expedient. I believe that these standards can be
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and should be defined.
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I regard it as one of the important FUNCTIONS of educators, from the
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PULPIT, in the CLASSROOM and ON THE AIR, to PRESENT, EXPLAIN and
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SUPPORT THESE STANDARDS.
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I believe that a life lived in accordance with these standards will
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be a happy and a fruitful life.
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"It is not LIFE that matters, but the COURAGE we bring to it."
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as this paper covers, please upload to KeelyNet or send to the
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Vangard Sciences address as listed on the first page.
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Thank you for your consideration, interest and support.
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Jerry W. Decker.........Ron Barker...........Chuck Henderson
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