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2、sityToday,Ispeakfromthispodiumafinaltimeasyourpresident.AsIdepart,Iwanttothankallofyou-students,faculty,alumniandstaff-withwhomIhavebeenprivilegedtoworkoverthesepastyears.Someofushavehadourdisagreements,butIknowthatwhichunitesustranscendsthatwhichdivides
3、us.Ileavewithafullheart,gratefulfortheopportunityIhavehadtoleadthisremarkableinstitution.SinceIdeliveredmyinauguraladdress,56monthsago,Ihavelearnedanenormousamount—abouthighereducation,aboutleadership,andalsoaboutmyself.Somethingslookdifferenttomethanthe
4、ydidfiveyearsago.Theworldthattoday’sHarvard’sgraduatesareenteringisaprofoundlydifferentonethantheworldadministratorsentered.Itisaworldwhereopportunitieshaveneverbeengreaterforthosewhoknowhowtoteachchildrentoread,orthosewhoknowhowtodistributefinancialrisk
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6、appedinpovertyandviolence,thoseforwhomequalopportunityisjustahollowphrase.Scientificandtechnologicaladvancesareenablingustocomprehendthefurthestreachesofthecosmos,themostbasicconstituentsofmatter,andthemiracleoflife.Atthesametime,today,theactions,andinac
7、tion,ofhumanbeingsimperilnotonlylifeontheplanet,buttheverylifeoftheplanet.Globalizationismakingtheworldsmaller,fasterandricher.Still,9/11,avianflu,andIranremindusthatasmaller,fasterworldisnotnecessarilyasaferworld.Ourworldisburstingwithknowledge-butdespe
8、ratelyinneedofwisdom.Now,whensoundbitesaregettingshorter,wheninstantmessagescrowdoutessays,andwhenindividuallivesgrowmorefrenzied,collegegraduatescapableofdeepreflectionarewhatourworldneeds.ForallthesereasonsIbelieved-andI
