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Iowa graduates urged to seek costly effort over ease
Dr William Oxley Thompson urged University of Iowa seniors to pursue broad intellectual leadership and active compassion, warning that education should conquer hardship, not seek the line of least resistance. He urged attention to disease, poverty, taxation, moral responsibility, and the call to human life’s significance.
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