Townsend Harris High School

Townsend Harris High School is a public high school in Flushing in Queens, New York.

The Ephebic Oath

This oath is taken by all students of Townsend Harris High School during the yearly Founders' Day ceremony;

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I shall never bring disgrace to my city, nor shall I ever desert my comrades in the ranks; but I, both alone and with my many comrades, shall fight for the ideals and sacred things of the city.

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I shall willingly pay heed to whoever renders judgment with wisdom and shall obey both the laws already established and whatever laws the people in their wisdom shall establish.

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I, alone and with my comrades, shall resist anyone who destroys the laws or disobeys them.

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I shall not leave my city any less but rather greater than I found it.

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