00:05The winter's darkness and cold is but a momentary prelude to the new day of spring.
00:10And while its grip seems endless, our own perseverance proves equal.
00:14We renew ourselves once again, seeking out the bright moments that will serve,
00:20uh, that will serve, therefore, uh, uh, therefore serve as the foundation of our future.
00:41Professor Crawford, may I read a few words?
00:54What's he doing here?
00:57Yes, of course.
01:00By all means.
01:03Thank you, Professor.
01:18My name is William Forrester.
01:27Excuse me.
01:34I'm that one.
01:53And should we have the wisdom to open our door to this new family?
02:02we will find that the wishes we once had for the father who once guided us
02:07for the brother who once inspired us
02:11those wishes
02:48the only thing left to say will be i wish i had seen this or i wish i had done
02:54that or i wish
02:58most of you are too young to know what your wishes will be
03:05but when i read these words words of hope dreams
03:13i realized that the one wish that was granted to me so late in life was the gift of friend
03:21of friendship
03:26mr forrester i'm sure i speak on behalf of everyone here in thanking you for this unexpected
03:32visit the quality of your words is something we should all aspire to reach
03:42mr forrester
03:45mr forrester may i ask to what do we owe this honor
03:51professor crawford
03:54i spoke here today because a friend of mine wasn't allowed to
03:59a friend who had the integrity
04:01to protect me when i was unwilling to protect him
04:08his name is jamal wallace
04:16jimmar wallace is a friend of yours yes yes he is
04:23i helped him to find his own words by starting with some of mine and in return he promised never
04:31to say anything to anybody about me
04:36a promise which he kept mr forrester
04:39mr forrester while your visit appears to be heartfelt i'm sure you will appreciate that
04:45it will not change or interfere with this institution reaching a fair and proper decision in his case
04:53well there's one more issue here
04:57those words that i read today
05:02i didn't write them
05:04i didn't write them
05:05jamal wallace did
05:28that has no bearing on the decision concerning mr
05:34that i as director of this competition i have final say
05:38robert sit down
05:40i have been a teacher for more than 30 years
05:44that's long enough to know that integrity counts for something
05:48i'd say that mr forrester has cleared up
05:51this matter very nicely for us all and as chairman of the faculty board i have the
05:57last word in that matter mr wallace you are excused from next week's board meeting mr forrester
06:06should you ever have an interest in a teaching position
06:14jamal these are your words
06:20sixteen
06:22remarkable
06:29thank you
06:39yeah
06:39yeah
06:39yeah
06:39yeah
