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I went off to a school with the children of CEOs and diplomats. To be able to be at home with that group of people and a

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"I went off to a school with the children of CEOs and diplomats. To be able to be at home with that group of people and at home with the desperately poor has been good for me in preparation for my coming to Washington"

- James Green Somerville

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