“GREAT UNIVERSITIES STAND FOR TRUTH, AND THE PURSUIT OF TRUTH DEMANDS PERPETUAL EFFORT. TRUTH HAS TO BE DISCOVERED, REVEALED THROUGH ARGUMENT AND EXPERIMENT, TESTED ON THE ANVIL OF OPPOSING EXPLANATIONS AND IDEAS.” LAWRENCE S. BACOW PRESIDENT OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY SPEECH AT PEKING UNIVERSITY, MARCH 20, 2019
偉⼤的⼤學堅持真理,⽽追求真理需要不懈的努⼒。真理需要被 發現,它只有在爭論和試驗中才會顯露,它必須經過對不同的解 釋和理論的檢驗才能成⽴。 ⽩樂瑞, 哈佛⼤學校長 北京⼤學演講會, 2019 年三⽉⼆⼗⽇