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or another. But every person in Africa or India cannot get food or
money or care and he is afraid-afraid he will die of starvation or
disease. We, too, so often are afraid-afraid we'll miss a train, or be
late for work. We must transfer our fear-we too, must be afraid that
somewhere in the world someone will die of starvation. We must be
kept awake at nizht by such fears until we are willing to give.

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We often hear that the Indian or African or Chilean or even so
many others don't want our help and won't accept. it when we g~ve

it. In part this may be true, but there is a reason for It. When we give
we expect in return subjection of many people. We always expect.
If we could only be satisfied with a sense of satisfaction and if we could
only understand what love is, we would truly be giving. We must
have understanding. It is the key to all life. We cannot live with a
college roommate or have a "best friend" unless we understand him.
And we cannot give a gift unless we understand the person to whom
we give it. Only when we do understand do we know what to give
and how to give it. The blackest man in Africa may need to feel
independent of the United States. If so, we must show him how to
plant his crops so he can feel, when they grow, that he has done it
himself. And we can feel jubilant with him because he has done it
himself. Our greatest reward could be the satisfaction of seeing an-
other succeed.

We would have to sacrifice much to give such gifts, just as the
other man has to sacrifice to accept them. We would have to sacrifice
our time, our money, and most important, our hearts. And the other
man must sacrifice as much-some of his pride, his time, and his heart.
We would not only give, and he would not only take, for this is an
unfair process. We would both give, and we, here in the United
States, would take the feeling of having given through understanding,
the feeling that could be new Life for us. And the other man would
take with joy because he would now have no fear of death, and exist-
ence would become Life. Both of us can give Life and both can at-
tain Life.

The opportunities to have this greatest of all rewards are many.
The United Nations and all its agencies have worked for this for
years. Many organizations such as Medico give and gain such rewards.
And our new Administration gives us another way in the Peace Corps.
''''e must give and gain from being a part of these. We can serve by
giving our dollars or our lives if they are given in love and under-
standing. To the late Dr. DOOley and his Medico, Dr. Albert Schweit-
zer wrote:

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