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...Memorial Church this morning. As John Winthrop sat on board the ship Arbella in 1630, sailing across the Atlantic to found the Massachusetts Bay Colony, he wrote a charge to his band of settlers, a charter for their new beginnings. He offered what he considered “a compass to steer by” – a “model,” but not a set of explicit orders. Winthrop instead sought to focus his followers on the broader significance of their project, on the spirit in which they should undertake their shared work...
...Instead, Faust invoked John Winthrop and used her address to provide a "compass to steer by," a web of broadly conceived priorities for the University...
...Chanel collections, Harlech is the sounding board, the outside pair of eyes. Her job description may remain elusive, but Harlech manages to be exactly of her times and yet timeless, which is what designers seeking style?not trendiness?yearn for. She is, in her own way, a fashion compass set to true north, a rare and enduring force...
...think America's moral compass has changed significantly since you grew...
...virtuously given as a gentleman need to be, virtuous enough: swore little, diced not above seven times a week, went to a bawdy house not above once in a quarter of an hour, paid money that I borrowed three or four times, lived well, and in good compass, and now I live out of all order, out of all compass...