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...which the University aspires. Never was it to be a patch-up job over fundamental differences. No one who has ever seen the German War Memorial would think for one moment that Harvard University endorsed the cause of the Kaiser, nor would the World War II memorial to Adolph Saanwald imply an endorsement of Hitler. Even the slowest tourist has more sophistication than that, and to imply that future generations of Harvard students would be confused at the sight of such a memorial to the Confederate dead and think it Harvard's endorsement of the "peculiar institution," certainly doesn...

Author: By Peter J. Gomes, | Title: Civil Wars and Moral Ambiguity | 1/17/1996 | See Source »

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