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It Is This Language Of Values Which I Hope To Bring To My Books. . . . I Want To Bring Values To Those Who Have Not Been Valued, And I Want To Etch Those Values In Terms Of The Ideal. Young People Need Ideals Which Identify Them, And Their Lives, As Central . . . Guideposts Which Tell Them What They Can Be, Should Be, And Indeed Are.

When We Think Of War, The Tendency Is To Picture Young Soldiers Only In Their Military Roles. To A Large Extent This Dehumanizes The Soldiers And Makes It Easier For Society To Commit Them To Combat.

Fifty Percent Of All Meaningful Education Takes Place In The Home. What Do You Share With Your Child? You Share Your Interests. I Was A Book Person. I Read With My Son. My Wife Is An Artist. She Dragged His Little Butt Around To Museums. He's An Illustrator Of Children's Books.

But In The End, We Learn We Can Forgive Most People. The Cushion Of Mortality Makes Their Wrongdoing Seem Less Dark, And Whatever Roads They Traveled Seem Less Foolhardy.

To Fight For One's Country, To Offer One's Very Life To Promote The Well Being Of The United States, Is Truly A Noble Undertaking. But So Is The Vigilance Of The Citizen Who Carefully Examines Our Leaders To See If Political Problems Are Being Solved By Wars Simply Because This Seems To Be The Easiest Solution.