2:50 p.m. (MST)
The final class ends with the closing of notebook computers and a collective sigh from those assembled. True, there are three exams to go, but as of this moment, not one more class in this particular law student's career.
Hmmm... now what words adequately express my feelings...
"I have just left your fighting sons in Korea. They have met all tests there, and I can report to you without reservation that they are splendid in every way. Those gallant men will remain often in my thoughts and in my prayers always.
And like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty.
Good-by."
General Douglas MacArthur Defending
His Conduct of the War in Korea before the
United States Congress in Joint Session
April 19, 1951
Oh yeah!
2 comments:
So did you just compare your time in law school to McArthur's service in Korea? Hmmm....
Uh, more like the poor saps who froze themselves at Inchon.
We all have our little crosses to bear... mine's just become oh so much lighter than it was; oh say in the Fall of 2004.
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