[ applause ] thank you. President , mr. Vice president , governor, congressman thomas, senator wiley and congressman miller, mr. Webb, mr. Bell, scientists, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen, i appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor, and i will assure you that my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here. And i am particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge in a city noted for progress in a state noted for strength. And we stand in need of all three. But we meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. Despite the striking fact that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today, despite the fact that this nations own scientific manpower is doubling every 12 years in a rate of growth more than three times
President nixon, mr. Vice president , governor, congressman thomas and congressman miller. Mr. Webb, val, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen. I appreciate your president having made me a visiting honorary professor, and i assure you my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here, and i am particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge, in a city noted for progress in a state noted for strength and we stand in need of all three, for we meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. Despite the striking fact that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today, despite the fact that this nations own scientific manpower is doubling every 12 years in a rate of growth more than three times that of our population as a whole, despite that, the vast str
The end of the decade. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. [ cheers and applause ] mr. Vice president , governor, congressman thomas, senator wiley, congressman miller within mr. Webb, mr. Bell, scientists, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen, i appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor. And i will assure you that my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here and particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge in a city noted for progress, in a state noted for strength. And we stand in need of all three. But we meet in an hour of change and challenge in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. Despite the striking fact, that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today, despite the fact that this nations own scientific manpower is doubling every 12 yea
Mr. Vice president , governor, congressman thomas, senator wiley and congressman miller, mr. Webb, mr. Bell, scientists, distinguished guests, and ladies and gentlemen. I appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor and i will assure you that my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here, and im particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge, in a city noted for progress, in a state noted for strength. We stand in need of all three. We meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. The despite the striking fact that most of the scientists the world has ever known are alive and working today. Despite the fact this nations own manpower is doubling every 10 years in a rate of growth more than three times that of our population as a whole. Despite that, the vast stretch
Like. Cspan powered by cable. Youre watching cspans American History tv. With the special series on speeches that the find the presidency. We continue to speak with a look at john f. Kennedy. He was in the white house for just over 1000 days from 1961 to 1963. In the short time, he challenged americans ask what you can do for your country, to go to the booth and proclaim each been iron berlin or. Here is jon kennedy and speeches that help the fines presidency. [applause] Vice President johnson, mr. Speaker, mr. Chief justice, president eisenhower, Vice President nixon, president truman, reverend clergy, fellow citizens we observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom symbolizing an end as well as a beginning signifying renewal as well as change. For i have sworn before you and almighty god the same solemn oath our forbears prescribed nearly a century and threequarters ago. The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all fo