Complex sentence: During 1928 Kennan considered quitting the Foreign Service to attend college, but was selected for a linguist training program that would give him three years of graduate-level study without having to quit the service.
Split into simpler sentences: During 1928 Kennan considered quitting the Foreign Service to attend college. Instead, he was selected for a linguist training program that would give him three years of graduate-level study without having to quit the service.