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Lue = POR THE ACTIORS OF DR. SPCCK,Z REVEREND, COFPIN, .. f nom MITCHELL GOODMAN, AND MICHAEL, PERBER ose, JULY 10, 1968 mseetste: . a ori ae et My son ta just ten years otd. YI hope this day vill-have.great andlact- ing stanificance for him.+It should be meaningful for qtt.of us, men anc ~—wonen alike. Fortunately, in this country, we womens@re not faced: vith the prospect of military duty. So the draft isa spectal:problem for men he real significance of this day for me ts the demonstratton of compasst wand courage exhibited by the men being sentenced. These two qualities td be applied to many circumstances. In this case, they have been elicited by the Vietnam war. I don't remember reading of the development of these qualities in or. Spock's book on child cara, but I think ats exzarpie of compassion and courage ts of vast importance. As Or. Spock satd recently, It's odd that I've devoted my life to psychology, : biology and I end up believing that whatis absolutely crucial is waiea comes doyn to ettner your religtous belief or your individual i convictions.” “*... : 4 Tae quaiis passion seene to be one of the thetr cour gtton. Deenly compassionate, ¢ remain 3il he war became inereasingly brut fan sure us Momentirily shudzer in recone Vietnam va news media; zsenes of children of fiantin er's ocdies straun along a dirt villagers from ltow-flying Aelieopters on missions; eplattering napalm coneuning 2 éourtes. the many of trese men could vationaltz ang Ss at was their Sensttivis an 6 ey could noe Bhar 8 eo wa 43 we lez en must the 2 Rive a2 Beccte 33 2012 to uee vtocent mzans do 1aneze co perkazs we can caanze the laws that permit vtolent solusions. Tae- acttons of the men being sentenced today rave tinereased our desire for, and therefore the posstbilities of such changes. In attempting to encourage the -developmzut of compassion and courage, tn_ my home, I am grateful for co ae these men.