"I know that you will always remember him as a giant of a man on stage with a heart for every one of you, " Mom J wrote.

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So, alongside everything else you have learned and experienced here at the United States Military Academy, the calculus and Shakespeare, the intramurals and leadership training, I ask you to remember that family has always been a centerpiece of our American story.

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So on a bad day I try to remember that - it doesn't always work, mind you.

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"The thing I always try to remember is that feet are attached to the leg, and that you must prolong the silhouette, " he explains.

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He told me it was like the Civil Rights Bill, where you just put people in a room and you wouldn't let them out, something I'll always remember.

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