“The Greatest Deeds Are Yet to Be Done”

Authors

Paul Wolfowitz

Abstract

It is customary in commencement speeches to say something about the dynamic world that graduates are about to enter and how that change is going to affect their lives. But that traditional message does not work on this occasion, with this audience. You are graduating, but you are certainly not commencing. “To com- mence,” after all, is “to begin.” When you return to your fleet or to your units you will not be beginning a brand-new career. You will be going back to the noble profession to which you have chosen to dedicate your lives. But you will be going back enriched by what you have learned here and by what you will continue to learn with the tools that you have acquired here.

Recommended Citation

Wolfowitz, Paul (2004) "“The Greatest Deeds Are Yet to Be Done”," Naval War College Review: Vol. 57: No. 1, Article 3.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol57/iss1/3