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...think Harvard University should be the last place on earth where we abandon the thought where some topics taught are studied for their own sake,” said Chemistry and Physics professor Eric J. Heller. “We are not a vocational school...
Martha L. Minow, who also taught Obama at the Law School, said that the senator’s campaign “echoes qualities” that she “saw in him as a student...
...When Dorothy asked me to speak about the campaign at morning prayers in Memorial Church, I thought, for the first time, about what my experiences had taught me. In Dubuque, Bill White showed me that getting things done means not complaining, but coming up with the next best solution. One of Hillary’s Senate advisers, Kris Balderston, showed me how to learn an issue quickly and listen to people carefully. I learned that there are many things I cannot control, and it’s not worth fretting over what Chris Matthews says or what Frank Rich writes...
...Here I was in a phenomenal city with phenomenal people who have taught me so much. I say I got my B.A. from Stanford and my Ph.D. in the streets of Newark. And the reality was that it was the right thing to do. As friends of mine were convincing me to get into politics, they were saying that this is an opportunity. It may not be the most easy route and it may be punishing in many ways but you have an opportunity nobody else does. You should seize this opportunity and try to make a difference...
...most extraordinary student that I have ever taught,” Tribe said. “He had a level of maturity and vision and a degree of authenticity and a moral compass that was so powerful that it was just magnetic...