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...other human activity. It makes possible the growth, accumulation, and transmission of human civilization. Every aspect of knowledge--religious, historical, legal, political, economic, social, philosophical--is expressed in language and systematically communicated by means of it in varying magnitudes. The very foundations of this University attest to this fact: Latin used to be a prerequisite for admission to Harvard, and practically 50 per cent of the earliest curriculum of the school consisted of the study of Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Syriac. Today every genuine scholar in this University uses language in one way or another as a tool...
...myself and for our nation, I want to thank my predecessor for all he has done to heal our land. In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our nation...
PAHK THE CAAH IN HAHVAHD YAHD--This little ditty mimicking the nuances of the Boston accent is based upon a mistaken notion that few non-Harvard people realize. Any vehicle parked in the Yard for an extended period of time--as a great many Harvard students can attest--will be towed away...
...reviews from students, a majority of them Harvard varsity athletes. Nicknamed "Sneakers" by the same people who brought us "Boats" and "Gas Stations," Psych. and Soc. Rel. 1860 is not your run-of-the-mill gut, as its five class projects (ranging from five to 20 pages apiece) readily attest...
...sports events and movies. He also races sailboats well enough to have been named Yachtsman of the Year in 1970 and 1973, and to have skippered Mariner in the 1974 America's Cup trials. "I'd rather sink than lose" is his shipboard motto, and crews can attest that "Terrible Ted" means it. But Turner does not look for easy victories. He bought American Eagle, a proven failure in two America's Cup trials, refitted her and skippered her to a series of impressive victories in the rugged Southern Ocean Racing Conference...