何江哈弗大学演讲稿哈弗大学校长2015毕业典礼演讲词thankyou，presidenttorres.welcome，governorpatrick.thankyou，everyone，forbeinghere.the146thannualmeetingoftheharvardalumniassociationatthe364thcommencementofharvarduniversity.it’saparticularpleasuretowelcomeformergovernordevalpatrickofthecollegeclassof1978andtheharvardlawschoolclassof1982.throughouthisdistinguishedcareeringovernment，heforcefullyarguedforthepowerofeducationtotransformlives.nothingmadethatcasemorepersuasivelythanhisownremarkablelife–fromchicago’ssouthsidetothemassachusettsstatehouse.whenhewassworninasgovernor，hetooktheoathofofficewiththemendibible，presentedin1841bytheafricancaptiveswhohadseizedtheslaveshipamistadtothemanwhohadwontheirlegalrighttofreedom，johnquincyadams.governorpatrickcanclaimconnectionwithboththeafricanheritageoftheamistadrebelsandtheinstitutionalrootsoftheirdefender.adams，asyouheardbeforefrompresidenttorres，wasamemberoftheharvardcollegeclassof1787，andwasboththefirstpresidentofthisalumniassociation，andhimselfthesonofanearlieralumnus，johnadams，oftheclassof1755.thatkindofcontinuityacrossthecenturiesisnottheleastofthereasonsthatwecongregatehereeveryspringtorenewandreinforceourtiestothisextraordinaryplace.letmestartbynoticingwhatisbothobviousandcurious：weareheretodaytogether.wearehereinassociation.itisanassociationofmanypeople，andmanygenerations.wecelebrateaconnectionacrosstimeinthesefestivalrites，singingouralmamater，adorningourselvesinmedievalrobestomarkthedeep-rootedtraditionsofharvard，andofuniversitiesmoregenerally.evenintheageoftheonlineandthevirtual，aninstitutionhasbroughtustogether，andbringsusback.第1页共7页wehavealsosung–orratherthemagnificentrenéefleminghassung–“americathebeautiful，”tohonoranotherinstitution，ourdemocraticrepublic，whichthemenandwomenwhosenamesarecarvedinstoneinmemorialchurchrightbehindme–andmemorialhalljustbehindthat–gavetheirlivestoprotectanduphold.whenthefoundersofthemassachusettsbaycolonyarrivedontheseshoresin1630，theycameasdissenters–rejectinginstitutionsoftheirenglishhomeland.butihavealwaysfounditstrikingthathereinthewilderness，wheremeresurvivalwastheforemostchallenge，theysorapidlyfeltcompelledtofoundthisseatoflearningsothatnewengland，inthewordsofwilliamhubbardoftheclassof1642，sothenewengland“mightbesuppliedwithpersonsfittomanagetheaffairsofbothchurchandstate.”church，state，andcollege.threeinstitutionstheydeemedessentialtothismassachusettsexperiment.threeinstitutionstoensurethatthecolonists，asgovernorjohnwinthropurged，couldbe“knittogetherasone”inanewsocietyinabravenewworld.dozensofgenerationshavecomeandgonesincethen，andtheuniversity’sfootprinthasexpandedconsiderablybeyondasmallclusterofwoodenbuildings.butwehaveneverlostfaithinthecapacityofeachgenerationtobuildabettersocietythantheoneitwasborninto.wehaveneverlostfaithinthecapacityofthiscollegetohelpmakethatpossible.asanearlyfounder，thomasshepardputit，wehopetograduateintotheworldpeoplewhoare，inhiswords，“enlargedtowardthecountryandthegoodofit.”yetnow，nearlyfourcenturieslater，wefindourselvesinachallenginghistoricalmoment.howdowe“enlarge”ourgraduatesinawaythatbenefitsothersaswell。shepardspokeofenlarging“toward”–toward，asheputit，“thecountryandthegoodofit.”arewesu第2页共7页cceedingineducatingstudentsorientedtowardthebettermentofothers。orhaveweallbecomesocaught...
