Lesson #4: Doing the Right Thing

[Excerpts from “Biographical snippets for the kids” written by my late father, Prof. Richard E. Sherwin on Wednesday, September 25, 2002]

[At Carlton College, ] we also hosted the Danish Pastor who organized the Danish underground to save the Jews by ferrying them to Sweden—and when I asked him why he did it, his answer shocked me, he said, “What else could I do?”  The opacity of goodness...

Sometime, doing the right thing is super-tough. You should do it anyway. But the risk is high.

BUT, you do it anyway. Because, what else could you do?

RES, 25 September, 2002

Dad and I, cruising...