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...read through similar pieces published in this space, written by graduating seniors over the past few years. The purpose of this mission was to see what material older, respected colleagues of mine had selected for their so-called "parting shots." I didn't want to be the one to write that unreadable column, the one that you folks would be talking and giggling about at the clambake and master's reception...
...having a troublesome time determining what to write about for this essay. I had signed up weeks before to write, and now, sitting alone in my room, armed with a stack of previously published commencement-week op-eds, I couldn't think of anything original, innovative and useful I wanted...
...though, at this point, a thought suddenly occurs to me. Why not write about what's most important to me as I graduate from Harvard? That's simple and to the point. No, it's not the honors diploma I'm leaving with, or the memories I have as co-editor of a big campus magazine. And no, it's not that I could have done better here had I received better advising, eaten better food or lived in a nicer room. Rather, simply stated, it's that I'm happy. That's right, happy. On the day I graduate...
...picked up the typewriter and the grip and started through the gate. I had expected Harvard kids to be unfriendly, or, let's say, not entirely egalitarian. In fact, I was there that night, because my high school English teacher kept me after classes so that I would write away for the application to Harvard, and kept me again until I filled...
...interpretation of these fairy tales was so popular with the men at his conference that they urged him to write a book...