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Very nearly two-thirds of the Orthodox, as well as Conservative and Reform Jews, indicated that there had been a period in which they reacted either partially or wholly against their religious tradition. However, in over half the instances, the reaction occurred during secondary school, rather than in college, as might be expected...
Moreover, there is not even a simple dichotomy between secular and religious forces in the University. For Harvard itself is based on a faith--summed up by the term Liberal Education--which is in potential conflict with other faiths. Perhaps at Harvard more than any other school the belief in liberal education is inculcated; however, its tenets are seldom recognized as the credo of a faith, which rests on assumptions as unprovable as any other faith. Knowledge through scholarship is justified and constant questioning become the chief paths to this summum bonum. There are of course all the institutional trappings...
...ambassador, who graduated from the Law School 30 years ago, claimed that the traditional dispute among lawyers over natural law or pragmatism is only a "surface conflict" and that both must be employed in legal or diplomatic cases. In this connection Russell traced what he called "the necessary closeness of law and diplomacy...
Results indicate, in summary, that although Harvard's influence leads to re-examination of beliefs it rarely induces a reversal of beliefs, that the period of secondary school education is the one in which occur most significant transitions from family tradition. The College thus attracts the questioning student, it does not produce...
...nexus of both pragmatism and natural law in diplomacy is the secret weapon against totalitarian regimes," the U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand told alumni of the Law School and Graduate Schools yesterday at Harkness Commons...