Carolina QuotesAnd so, in concentric circles, as if from a pebble tossed from a pool, the influence of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill moves outward to the farthest corners of our state, and far beyond its boundaries.
Charles Kuralt
Carolinian
Source
Commencement address, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1985; Charles Kuralt Collection, Southern Historical Collection, UNC
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- UNC Commencement Address
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- 1985
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