The letter that brought me back to Africa came from my cousin Alpha.

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Mark read a letter from Billy Graham, and it took me back to one of the great honors of my life, which was visiting Reverend Graham at his mountaintop retreat in North Carolina, when I was on vacation with my family at a hotel not far away.

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The letter alleged I was not mature enough and recommended me to take a one year break before going back to Harvard.

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