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Golia called Harvard an "end spot" for Native Americans who stood out academically in a 17th-century Christian system which emphasized the education and conversion of heathens...
Cheeshahteaumuck and Iacoomes were in their mid-teens--the typical age of matriculation at Harvard in the 17th century--when they entered the Class...
...scientific revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries and the transformation of agrarian into industrial societies have not only demolished the credibility of the Christian book-religion. They have transformed our conception of knowledge more fundamentally. An absolutely certain knowledge is no longer the presence of a select few high priests; rather, all of our claims about the world (and I include even ethical ones) are fundamentally open to criticism and, if need be, to revision. Plato and Aristotle may have written great books (I would not dispute it), but, like everyone, they too are not above or immune...
Ranked as high as 17th in the nation this season, Brown appeared as strong as ever. With its defense zeroed in on Harvard's top scorer, sophomore Michael Zimmerman, Brown treated Harvard as merely a speed bump in its way to the Eastern Championship...
Carswell and Lonergan weren't just the best two runners on the team, they were two of the best runners in the league. Carswell won Heps and came in 17th in the NCAAs, earning All-American status. Lonergan, healthy for the first time in years, came in ninth in Heps and kept on improving over the winter...