1.0Harvard Gazettehttps://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazettegazetteimporthttps://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/author/gazetteimport/'Truth - Veritas - an end in itself' — Harvard Gazetterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="C8xzo5Nnl9"><a href="https://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2001/10/truth-veritas-an-end-in-itself/">‘Truth – Veritas – an end in itself’</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2001/10/truth-veritas-an-end-in-itself/embed/#?secret=C8xzo5Nnl9" width="600" height="338" title="“‘Truth – Veritas – an end in itself’” — Harvard Gazette" data-secret="C8xzo5Nnl9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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On a day steeped in centuries-old ceremony, President Lawrence H. Summers delivered an inaugural speech that nodded briefly to the past but looked boldly forward. Perhaps the most important creative tension in our university is this: we carry ancient traditions, but what is new is most important to us, he said, adding, Our most enduring tradition is that we are forever young.https://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2001/10/03-speech1-285-11.jpg