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A guidance counselor who has made a fetish of security, or who has unwittingly surrendered his thinking to economic determinism, may steer a youth away from his dream of becoming a poet, an artist, a musician or any other of thousands of things, because it offers no security, it does not pay well, there are no vacancies, it has no "future".

Henry Wriston

The problem of abolishing want is not a problem in division, as the politicians so often aver; it is a problem of multiplication.

Henry Wriston

Those who misrepresent the normal experiences of life, who decry being controversial, who shun risk, are the enemies of the American way of life, whatever the piety of their vocal professions and the patriotic flavor of their platitudes.

Henry Wriston

Among all the tragic consequences of depression and war, this suppression of personal self-expression through one's life work is among the most poignant.

Henry Wriston

Only as a grand gesture of defeat will men creep into the arms of the state and seek refuge in its power rather than their own courage.

Henry Wriston

Henry Wriston

Henry Wriston

Born: July 4, 1889

Died: March 8, 1978 (aged 88)

Bio: Henry Merritt Wriston was an American educator, presidential advisor, and served as president at both Brown University and Lawrence University.

Known for:

The Nature of a Liberal College (1937)
Unity for War and for Peace
REPORT ON WAR CHEST PRAC
Strategy of Peace (1944)

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