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The Dartmouth
April 12, 2026
The Dartmouth
Seth Abrahson
The Setonian
Opinion

Call Me Disillusioned

As a sophomore at Dartmouth College, and an English major whose youthful idealism had never stretched beyond the confines of the theoretical, I decided, in the summer of 1996, to make myself useful to the world at large. Immediately faced with the immensity of my task, I bided my time, opting to sit in front of my BlitzMail and wait for an opportunity to appear.

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