Speeches by Dr. Massie

"The Flight of the Bumblebee"
An Honors Day Convocation Address Given at
St. Paul's College, Lawrenceville, Virginia
Sunday, April 20, 1986

(Speech delivered to many youth audiences
with the message of being willing to do the impossible.)

"I have to live with myself, and so,
I want to be fit for myself to know
I want to be able as the years go by,
Always to look myself straight in the eye.
I don't want to stand with the setting sun,
And hate myself for the things I've done."

(A talk given in honor of and in tribute to the
life and memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

"The student is not a vessel to be filled,
but a fire to be lit, and a good fire needs fresh air."

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