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Service Remarks by President Shirley Ann Jackson 9/11/01
One of the most
difficult things to do at a time such as this is to remain
calm and not to over-react. Most importantly, it is essential
that we not lose heart or lose our confidence in what we and
others of faith and good-will can do together to support and
care for one another.
The most difficult
challenge is to not hate. If what we have suffered as a nation
today is an act of terrorism, what such attacks aim to do
is to disrupt life - by ending life, and by affecting on those
who survive. The greatest negative effect is to develop hatred
against those who we may think are responsible. Whatever group
the perpetrators come from, they are not all of us. We are
a community. We must remain a community.
We must not give
in to suspicion, fear, prejudice, or hatred. We must stay
the course, persevere, and re-double our commitment to live
exemplary lives and to help others as we help ourselves.
At a time like
this, when there is so much to distress the soul, I look into
myself and from the Prophet Micah I hear these words, "With
what shall I come before the Lord and bow before God most
high? You have been told, o man, what is good, and what the
Lord requires of you: only to do the right and to love goodness,
and to walk humbly with your God."
Let us stand together
for a moment of silence for the victims, and for all we have
endured together.
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