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The Single Observation I Would Offer For Your Consideration Is That Some Things Are Beyond Your Control. You Can Lose Your Health To Illness Or Accident. You Can Lose Your Wealth To All Manner Of Unpredictable Sources. What Are Not Easily Stolen From You Without Your Cooperation Are Your Principles And Your Values. They Are Your Most Important Possessions And, If Carefully Selected And Nurtured, Will Well Serve You And Your Fellow Man.

The Single Thing Which Makes Any Man Happiest Is The Realization That He Has Worked Up To The Limits Of His Ability, His Capacity. It's All The Better, Of Course, If This Work Has Made A Contribution To Knowledge, Or Toward Moving The Human Race A Little Farther Forward.

Through Books You Will Meet Poets And Novelists Whose Creations Will Fire Your Imagination. You Will Meet The Great Thinkers Who Will Share With You Their Philosophies, Their Concepts Of The World, Of Humanity And Of Creation. You Will Learn About Events That Have Shaped Our History, Of Deeds Both Noble And Ignoble. All Of This Knowledge Is Yours For The Taking… Your Library Is A Storehouse For Mind And Spirit. Use It Well.

I Fully Expected That, By The End Of The Century, We Would Have Achieved Substantially More Than We Actually Did.

Well, I Think We Tried Very Hard Not To Be Overconfident, Because When You Get Overconfident, That's When Something Snaps Up And Bites You.