morehouse man. i finally made it. and as i do, i am mindful of an old saying. you can always tell a morehouse man but you can t tell him much. and that makes my task a little bit more difficult, i suppose. but i think it also reflects the sense of pride that s always been part of this school s tradition. benjamin mays, who served as the president of morehouse for almost 30 years understood that tradition better than anybody. he said, and i quote, it will not be sufficient for morehouse college, for any college for that matter, to produce clever graduates but rather honest men, men who can be trusted in public and private life, men who are
come, the presence of our honorable speaker for the morning. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states! [ cheers and applause ] hello morehouse! thank you, everybody. please be seated. i love you back. that is why i am here. i have to say that it is one of the great honors of my life to be able to address this gathering here today. . i want to thank dr. wilson for
his outstanding leadership at the board of trustees. we have congressman cedric richmond and sanford bishop, both proud alumni of this school, as well as congressman hank johnson and one of my dear friends and a great inspiration to us all, the great john lewis is here. we have your outstanding mayor, mr. cassim reid in the house. to all the members of the morehouse family and most of all congratulations to this distinguished group of morehouse men, the class of 2013. i have to say that it s a little hard to follow not dr. wilson
we re going to need some doctors to make sure it works, too. you re going to have to spread the word to your fellow young people. which brings me to a second point. just as morehouse has taught you to expect more of youof yoursel inspire those around you to expect more of themselves. growing up we have to make choices. sometimesism wrote off my own failings as just another example of the world trying to keep a black man down. i had a tendency sometimes to make excuses for me not doing the right thing. but one of the things that all of you have learned over the last four years is there s no longer any room for excuses.
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