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Charles William Eliot
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“A university teaches. What does it teach? It must obviously teach all the languages in which the great literatures which have been preserved were written — Hebrew, Arabic, Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, French, Italian, German, Scandinavian, and English.”
Charles William Eliot (1834–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Enter to grow in wisdom. / Depart to serve better thy country and thy kind.”
Charles William Eliot (1834–1926) first seen 1890 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Over entrance (“Enter”) and exit (“Depart”) of Dexter gate (gift of Class of 1890) to Harvard Yard, erected 1901.