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that gadfy which God has attached to the state,and all daylong and in all places am always fastening upon you,arousing andpersuading and reproaching you...\"Socrates'Apology  \nIn the short history of the Great Books Foundation,the Fall of 1958 is equally dis-tinguished by(1)our pride and gratification in seeing the Great Books attain new heights ofpopularity and influence;(2)our well-grounded hope that we are in a period of financial stability.  \nFrom modest beginnings in 1947,the Great Books program has grown to embrace morethan 2,200 groups,located in every part of the world.Its participants range from newcomers,just now discovering the mature pleasure of idea-permeated discussion,to veterans of twelve andthirteen years of “Great Booksmanship.”  \nFinancially,the Foundation has always been nervous.Even though the staff has never beenlarge or adequately paid,there have been times of anxiety about meeting the next payroll.With-out the benefit of tax resources,or endowments,or the tuition fees which support other kinds ofeducational institutions,we have been dependent upon a modest return from the sale of ourreadings,upon periodic grants from philanthropic agencies,and—to a surprisingly slight degree—upon the contributions of individual members.  \nDuring the 1957-58 season,the Fund for Adult Education had a study made of the op-erations of the Foundation.This study,now completed,shows that we have,in general,functionedeconomically(even thriftily)and efficiently.But even more significantly,it shows that,for thefirst time in history,an organization like ours has a fighting chance of attaining,in ten years,acondition of self-sufficiency,provided that in the immediate future we can expand our publishingefforts,increase our staff,and develop new procedures for better publicizing our program.  \nImpressed with this rich potentiality,the Fund for Adult Education,though unable tocontinue beyond 1960 the generous yearly support it has afforded since 1952,has tendered theFoundation a terminal grant of $500,000,on the condition that this sum be matched by gifts andpledges from other sources.The million dollars thus to be obtained will establish our programmore firmly than ever in its history and will advance us significantly toward the goal of ultimateself-support.  \nIt has been a firm policy of the Foundation never to take any action that would excludeanyone from the program because of economic reasons.To avoid economic screening,we havebeen zealous in avoiding tuition fees,registration fees,and required purchase of reading mate-rials.Indeed,we continue year after year to give sets of books to those participants who are sim-ply unable to purchase them.  \nHowever,all friends of the program know that a very large percentage of participants are  \nfinancially able to make a contribution toward the continuation of thisexciting venture.We are confident that all of those who believe in what weare doing and who are able to help us will now respond to this call.Yourcontribution of $10.00,$20.00,$30.00 will mean,when matched,a con-tribution of $20.00,$40.00,$60.00.Your pledge to give us,say,$15.00 ayear for a period of five years will mean in all a contribution of $150.00toward our operating expenses.We ask each person who reads these wordsto assess the importance of such a contribution in relationship to the moniesthat all of us spend on the most fleeting of amusements.  \nA request for your help comes not out of failure,not out of floundering,but from success.The Great Books program is growing.We believe thatit deserves to grow.Your help in cash and pledges now will insure theenrichment and spread of America's most exciting experiment in adult ed-ucation.  \nThis statement is a first announcement to our members and friends ofthe forth-coming campaign for the Foundation.When you are asked tocontribute,pl","cbCaieGn9TGQF5u3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieGn9TGQF5u3","pdf",890413,"English","# Fundraising announcement\n## Background and 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