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Article: Between something and nothing (presidential address).
- Article from:
- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
- Author:
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Let me say at the outset how grateful I am to the members of this august society, now in its 165th year of existence, and how humbled I have been by the honor of serving as its president for the past year. I thank you all, most sincerely. In terms of the nervous velocity of the present day, one hundred sixty-five years is a long time. Not many of this country's colleges and universities have existed as long. While each of them may have its history, who with any recent experience in them would say that the high educational ideals which launched their construction have truly endured as long as their bricks and mortar? And when our institutions of higher learning seem ...
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