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President's Address 2007. The Past is Prologue: "MR," Go Gentle Into That Good Night.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Bersani, Hank |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | The title of this paper requires apologies to two well-known authors: William Shakespeare and Dylan Thomas. The first phrase, ‘‘The Past is Prologue’’ is from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. I confess I first learned this phrase at the National Archives building in Washington, DC. It is carved in stone over the grand entrance to the building that holds our Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the letters of Benedict Arnold in its vast archives, which remind us that everything that has happened to us as a nation thus far (good and bad) has occurred to prepare us for that which follows. I feel that this is also the case for our Association today. We have a long, strong, and impressive past. All of our past (even the less glorious moments) has served as prologue. The second phrase in the title ‘‘MR, Go Gentle Into That Good Night’’ is taken from the work of poet Dylan Thomas, and, although I hope it is selfevident, I will clarify my reference to his classic poem Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night in the second half of this paper. |
| Starting Page | 399 |
| Ending Page | 404 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1352/1934-9556(2007)45[399:PATPIP]2.0.CO;2 |
| PubMed reference number | 17997616 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 45 |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://aaidd.org/docs/default-source/about-aaidd/bersani-presidential-address.pdf?sfvrsn=2 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1352/1934-9556%282007%2945%5B399%3APATPIP%5D2.0.CO%3B2 |
| Journal | Intellectual and developmental disabilities |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
