Dear Members of the HPST, fellow recipients, ladies and gentlemen,
First of all, I would like to thank the committee for selecting me to receive this scholarship; I feel honored to be here today.
“There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university,” wrote John Masefield in his tribute to English universities. He did not refer to spires and towers, to campus greens and ivied walls. He admired the splendid beauty of the university, he said, because it was “a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see.” Continue reading