People
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world--or to make it the last.
— John F. Kennedy
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Kennedy sets two futures side by side: the best generation ever, or the last. The stakes are framed as a choice within human power. It's a stark appeal to responsibility, with hope and warning packed into one sentence.
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