In the course of the past year with its tremendous changes in life and institutions the University has been called upon to bear as heavy a toll of its finest figures as perhaps any academic organization in the country. While the war casualties are still appearing we have the news of the death, first of a distinguished graduate and now of a cherished teacher. Any attempt to express our sorrow or adequately to appreciate their lives must end in failure. Greatness we may attribute to a historical figure. It is not enough to assign to one we knew personally and admired in the intimate relations of our daily lives.
The only worthy tribute to a life of service lies in the full use of the example such a life set for us, and here we are reminded that from our generation will be drawn the men who in positions of greater or less importance will represent Harvard before the world. The watchword of a progressive institution or country is "opportunity." Here and now we have the opportunity to so shape our lives that they will pay to Mr. Roosevelt, Professor Sabine, and the others the tribute that it is now our burning desire to express.
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