But just because it is a time of earthquake, of convulsion, of great possibilities both for evil and for good, I believe that it is also a time of greatest opportunity for those who are not afraid to look the present in the face and yet have faith in themselves and in the future. As it was said by Pericles, “Surely the bravest are those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and who yet, not withstanding, go out to meet it.” Courage means honest thought and a refusal ever to despair.”