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Bit by bit, Hamas, Hamilton, Sechel and grief

Bit by bit, Hamas, Hamilton, Sechel and grief

"I know it when I see it." I see grief, Mr President.

Oct 14, 2023
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Dear President Wippman:

“Bit by bit, nevertheless, it comes over us that we shall never again hear the laughter of our friend, that this one garden is forever locked against us. And at that moment begins our true mourning. ”-Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry Wind, Sand and Stars.(1)

I, and many fellow alumni of Hamilton and Kirklan…

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