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Let the Words Fit the Memorial

TO THE EDITORS

NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED

Relative to the tardy suggestion for a Civil War Confederate dead/Harvard Grad memorial, I offer this serious suggestion for the plaque:

"This memorial is intended to profoundly humble all who consider how frequently well-educated, brave, and sincere people spend their precious energies in causes which are inhuman, stupid and/or wrong. Robert C. Coates   Judge of the Municipal Court,   San Diego

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