Like many another man who never went to college (and like some who did), England's Poet Laureate John Masefield thinks a university is a wonderful place. Last week Harvard, which once gave Masefield an honorary degree, reprinted in its Alumni Bulletin the remarks which
Masefield made in receiving an honorary degree from England's University of Sheffield. John Masefield, often a doctor but never a freshman, still thinks universities are wonderful. Excerpts:
"There are few earthly things more beautiful. ... It is a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see;...
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