Letter From the Heartland

40 / CHRONICLESnally put, the pursuit of excellence cannhelp bring one to personal maturity, tonthe "goods of the soul," to selfcompletion,nto virtue.nThe gnawing weaknesses in our nationalncharacter---the pervasiveness ofndrug abuse (Americans now consumen60 percent of the world's production ofnillegal drugs), the proliferation of pornographynand of white-collar . . .