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| Higher Education |
| Public Health - Graduation, Gondar May 18, 1959 |
| Selected Speeches |
When We laid the foundation for the progress and development of the
country, the fact that we granted the Constitution was in order to
strengthen unity so that our country will be built around the idea of one
Emperor and one Government in which everyone will be conscious of his
duty based upon the principle of one for all and all for one. We have
chosen education as Our primary concern because we believe that it is the
instrument by which Our aims could be brought to fruition.
The spirit of unity within Ethiopia around one Emperor emanated from the
people of Begemder, and their patriotic efforts have been crowned with
laurels. We have made it Our constant concern to help them in their quest
for learning for which We have established the various schools and
institutions of learning. Through education one can keep himself healthy;
one can acquire the knowledge of many other things; but without health,
education and growth of a population are unattainable. Today when We
present you with these certificates of accomplishment, Our heart
over-flows with joy.
Now that you are to begin the medical and health profession, We
recommend that you work diligently, for treatment and cure alone is not
enough for a country; prevention is also necessary. The Amhara race
must know that it has an obligation on its part to work in the technical
field, no matter at what level. To preserve the heritage of one's honour
and culture is praiseworthy, but to exceed the limits may prove detrimental.
We have ventured to say this because it has come to Our knowledge that
there exists here scorn for labour. We have come after having laid the
foundation stones for the establishment of a textile factory, a
hydro-electric plant and a bridge in the development of highways in order
to help in the advancement of the people of Begemder and Gojjam. Unless
the people benefit through work Our efforts and thoughts will have been in
vain. They will have also violated the wish of the Almighty that by one's
toil he must earn his living. Much cannot be accomplished in the pursuit
of spiritual advancement, let alone that of material gains, without labour.
Learn! Work! We have established community education so that both the
youth and the adult may learn. Education and the quest for knowledge
stop only at the grave.....
country, the fact that we granted the Constitution was in order to
strengthen unity so that our country will be built around the idea of one
Emperor and one Government in which everyone will be conscious of his
duty based upon the principle of one for all and all for one. We have
chosen education as Our primary concern because we believe that it is the
instrument by which Our aims could be brought to fruition.
The spirit of unity within Ethiopia around one Emperor emanated from the
people of Begemder, and their patriotic efforts have been crowned with
laurels. We have made it Our constant concern to help them in their quest
for learning for which We have established the various schools and
institutions of learning. Through education one can keep himself healthy;
one can acquire the knowledge of many other things; but without health,
education and growth of a population are unattainable. Today when We
present you with these certificates of accomplishment, Our heart
over-flows with joy.
Now that you are to begin the medical and health profession, We
recommend that you work diligently, for treatment and cure alone is not
enough for a country; prevention is also necessary. The Amhara race
must know that it has an obligation on its part to work in the technical
field, no matter at what level. To preserve the heritage of one's honour
and culture is praiseworthy, but to exceed the limits may prove detrimental.
We have ventured to say this because it has come to Our knowledge that
there exists here scorn for labour. We have come after having laid the
foundation stones for the establishment of a textile factory, a
hydro-electric plant and a bridge in the development of highways in order
to help in the advancement of the people of Begemder and Gojjam. Unless
the people benefit through work Our efforts and thoughts will have been in
vain. They will have also violated the wish of the Almighty that by one's
toil he must earn his living. Much cannot be accomplished in the pursuit
of spiritual advancement, let alone that of material gains, without labour.
Learn! Work! We have established community education so that both the
youth and the adult may learn. Education and the quest for knowledge
stop only at the grave.....
| Haile Selassie the First - May 18, 1959 |
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