Lesson 12-Confessions of a miseducated man . Author t Summary of his life In June 1983 Cousins told the graduating class of Harvard Medical School that the "conquest of war and he pursuit of social justice, must become our grand preoccupation and magnificent obsession. These certainly were the concerns that obsessed him throughout his life, and over the years he battled through his writings and actions to make them matters of more general concern. Driven by the shock and portent of Hiroshima, he worked to combat unchecked nationalism, promote federalism and build a sense of world citizenship, in the belief that people as a whole might yet construct a new world order of peace and justice. His optimism, intellectual curiosity and commitment to the preservation of human life were equally unquenchable. W BT E To be continued on the next page.Lesson 12—Confessions of a Miseducated Man W B T L E I. Author To be continued on the next page. Summary of his life:  In June 1983 Cousins told the graduating class of Harvard Medical School that the "conquest of war and the pursuit of social justice... must become our grand preoccupation and magnificent obsession." These certainly were the concerns that obsessed him throughout his life, and over the years he battled through his writings and actions to make them matters of more general concern. Driven by the shock and portent of Hiroshima, he worked to combat unchecked nationalism, promote federalism, and build a sense of world citizenship, in the belief that people as a whole might yet construct a new world order of peace and justice. His optimism, intellectual curiosity, and commitment to the preservation of human life were equally unquenchable