- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Amherst Quotes
Quotes reflecting on Amherst College and formative student years.
Amherst comes up here as more than a school name - it's a formative chapter shaped by family precedent, a counselor's advice, and a liberal arts education spanning math and philosophy. These reflections connect to our Attended quotes on school memories.
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- Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to Amherst because my brother had gone there before me, and he went there because his guidance counselor thought that we would do better there than at a large university like Harvard.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in the city's general hospital on November 15, 1930, and we lived at 31 Amherst Avenue in the western suburbs. It was a magical place. There were receptions at the French Club, race meetings at the Shanghai Racecourse, and various patriotic gatherings at the British Embassy on the Bund, the city's glamorous waterfront area.
- Devoted
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an undergraduate at Amherst College, I was devoted to Dickensian novels and antiestablishment journalism while marginally fulfilling premedical requirements.
- Age
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- Nov 07, 2020