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Bob A. Feldman
A folk song--written in a Furnald Hall dormitory room on Columbia University's campus in late 1966--which protested against the Columbia administration's institutional complicity with the U.S. war machine during the Vietnam War Era.
Oh, educate
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Pursue the truth
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Exalt the mind
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Research and find
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And "humanize and civilize
With reason as your tool."
Invite the spies
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The C.I.A.
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Give them a room
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To recruit spooks
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And "humanize and civilize
With reason as your tool."
Help the Navy
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R.O.T.C.
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Teach a course for
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"The Art of War"
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And "humanize and civilize
With reason as your tool."
Secret research
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You'd best not snitch
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At Hudson Labs
Maybe some bombs?
For electronic war
Design lasers
And "humanize and civilize
With reason as your tool."