There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher. —Henry van Dyke
“There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.”

Henry van Dyke author, educator, clergyman

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Joyce Marburger JANUARY 6, 2020
Lori, This sounds like your philosophy towards our students. Joyce

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