WFU Founders' Day Convocation audio excerpts

February 3, 2004

Wake Forest President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. introduces James Carville

Hearn, presiding over his last Founders' Day Convocation as Wake Forest's president, introduces Democratic strategist and co-host of CNN's "Crossfire" James Carville.

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Carville tells Wake Forest audience 'Failure is just a part of life'

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A bigger loser than Abraham Lincoln?

Carville says Lincoln, who some view as one of the most successful Americans of all time, suffered numerous failures throughout his life, but he persevered.

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Carville suffers his own setback

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'Dream big, succeed big'

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