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...convinced it is those moments that cause me and most of my fellow classmates to avoid the “What is Harvard like?” question, because the moments are both indescribable and unnerving. Last night, while I was emptying from my bookshelf all the unfinished readings I still had from my freshman seminar, I experienced the feeling again when I realized that my bookshelf will hold the unfinished coursework of many more students...
...realization that we are not the culmination of history but rather a midpoint in the institution’s grand goal of apparently purchasing all the land in Massachusetts is what makes the idea of Harvard as Harvard unsettling. It begs us to question what our use or purpose is because, in the face of 5,000 years, earning power or money here and now seems rather pointless...
...astonishing.” Speaking of the trajectory from personal computer squabbles to Internet freedom of information fights, he says, “right now we’re in as much a state of turmoil with that as we were 25 years ago with the question of what to do with these personal devices.” He adds, however, that, “this will all be settled in 25 years...
...Harvard students—or anyone, for that matter—should choose, among innumerable other options, drama or poetry or non-profit work is a question seldom answered or even posed. The contemporary academy long has denied the relevance, importance, or solubility of such questions. Even to inquire about the most choice-worthy life implies a hierarchy of values, a notion that the ascendant progressive prejudices cannot compass...
...despite all of this, when I graduate in December—more on that in a bit—there is no question that I will be a better person than I was four years ago, and that Harvard has made...