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Mystery Monday: best wishes
By Mark Alden Branch ’86
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3:26am February 23 2026
Somewhere on campus, the quotation "I wish to be useful" is inscribed in stone. Where is it, and who said it?
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George Huthsteiner '74 TD, 12:14pm February 26 2026 | 
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The comment period has expired.Branford College. Quotation of Nathan Hale's "I wish to be useful" is inscribed above the Livingston archway that leads from the Great Court to Linonia Court.