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...transmitting and elaborating on the collected wisdom of the ages, is to pursue and safeguard truth. Secular universities, enraptured by modish postmodernism and value-free social science, understandably have abandoned that creed. But for an institution sustained by the Catholic faith, which still, however unfashionably, purports to serve and honor the truth, such a mission ought not be discarded thoughtlessly...
...Queen come from? The sovereigns of England and France at some point in their nations' long histories claimed a divine right to rule, a right often amplified by titles bestowed by the Pope in Rome. (The Queen, in fact, still has the title Defender of the Faith, an honor given to Henry VIII before he broke with the Catholic Church and established the Church of England.) That touch of holiness once gave the occupant of the throne the supposed ability to cure certain diseases - most famously, scrofula, a terrible skin ailment that was called "the king's evil." Thus...
...fellowship will support greater access, especially by young scholars with research budgets, to our unique materials,” said John G. Palfrey ’94, professor of law and vice dean for Library and Information Resources at HLS. According to Palfrey, the Library chose to honor Cohen, the HLS Librarian from 1971 to 1981, for his “rich legacy in research and bibliography.” “My biggest satisfaction at Harvard was handling the Rare Manuscript collection,” said Cohen. “The Rare Manuscript collection is my first love...
Douglas’s contributions, though, have often been far from quiet. He’s hit 3 home runs, knocked in 14 runs, and was named to the Ivy League honor roll last week...
During his junior year at Princeton University, Donovan Campbell decided to take the Marine Corps officer training course. Good for the resume, he thought - until he grew to embrace the Corps' ideals of service, honor and sacrifice. Campbell was soon a lieutenant in charge of a platoon thrust into Ramadi, Iraq in 2004, right as that city's insurgency blossomed. Unlike Fallujah, a city full of jihadists with very few civilians, Ramadi was "a much blurrier battle, a classic urban counterinsurgency, a never-ending series of engagements throughout the heart of a teeming city where our faceless enemies blended seamlessly...