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“You are signs of hope not only for your family but for this community and this country,” he said. Hope, Ehrmann said, is sorely needed in today’s world. And if Brunswick boys have been privileged with some of the best educations in the world, so, too, are they tasked with great responsibilities. “We live in a world where tremendous numbers of people need to know that
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tomorrow can be different than today,” Ehrmann said. “Based on your education, based on the privilege of having a seat in a school like this, much is demanded of you.” Ehrmann recalled his own graduation from high school in 1967, a time when America began asking questions about social justice through the convergence of the Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Rights Movement, the Human Rights Movement,