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It would be foolish and wrong to ignore the fact that all our universities today tread a very dangerous path. Increasingly, they are accepting government money because they are doing things that government wants done. How great a peril is this in a democracy?

— Vincent Massey Speaking Of Canada (1959)

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In fact, in the far North one sees the northern lights facing south!

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It is the University's function to turn out well-balanced persons with an understanding of themselves and of their place in life.

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We must pass through the barriers of language and race, of geography and religion, of custom and tradition and we must build on a common foundation.

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