A Letter From The Publisher, Nov. 12, 1951

Across from my office are the bound volumes of TIME since its first issue early in 1923. In their pages most of us could find a running record of our youth.

What brought this to my mind was the thoughtful assessment of "The Younger Generation" which appeared in last week's issue. I wondered whether TIME had ever before attempted such a comprehensive assignment on youth, and found we hadn't. What I did discover, however, was that the pages of TIME have carried the deep imprint of the youth of each decade of our existence....

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