Word: clairvaux
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...window is to represent the figures of Bernard of Clairvaux and Godfrey of Bouillon. These men, respectively the great preacher and the great soldier of the period in which they lived, are selected in memory of Bishop Brooks and General Francis C. Barlow. General Barlow was ranked as the highest officer of the Harvard men who went to the war in 1861, and won his rank of Major General by his brilliant service, ability and courage. Both of these men were members of the class of '55, which now makes this window its memorial of their unique distinction...