United World College

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    “Because of these convictions, I made a personal decision in the 1964 Presidential campaign to make education a fundamental issue and to put it high on the nation’s agenda. I proposed to act on my belief that regardless of a family’s financial condition, education should be available to every child in the United States—as much education as he could absorb.”
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    “Yes, Heaven is thine; but this
    Is a world of sweets and sours;
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    And the shadow of thy perfect bliss
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    “Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.”
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