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When you go to Harvard, you are welcomed by “Truth”. Harvard’s motto is “Amicus Plato, Amicus Aristotle, sed Magis VERITAS”. At Harvard, you'll find that “truth” is everywhere. The words on Harvard University Seal, every schools，seals，and Harvard gate are all “Veritas” which is the Latin word for “Truth”. “Pursuit of Truth” is the fundamental and unchanging spirit and rule of Harvard University.
當你走進哈佛時，迎接你的是“真理” 二字。哈佛大學的校訓是“與柏拉圖為友， 與亞里士多德為友，更要與真理為友”。來到哈佛，你會發現“真理”一詞無處不在。 哈佛校徽、各學院的院徽、哈佛大學的校門上都有“真理” 一詞的拉丁文“Veritas”。“追 求真理”是哈佛大學不變的、最基本的精神和規則。
The motto is not just empty talk. Instead, it is a real yardstick. All the decisions concerning Harvard5s fate must be measured and determined by this yardstick. Today’s Harvard, like all the other university, is under great pressure coming from changing social needs which in turn are the results of rapid growth of emerging industries. All of these make new and urgent demands on the major setting and talents training of a university. In face of these pressures, should Harvard accept and even cater to the social demands, and turn its students into people with practical skills demanded by the society, or should Harvard stick to its principle, and maintain its independence, preventing Harvard turning into a factory for the society? Harvard people believe that they must stick to their own principles. Harvard will develop conforming to the trend of times, but it will not be led by the nose. Universities are not founded to solve social problems. They are different from vocational schools. Universities’ task is more important: to pass on to one generation of students to another the fundamental ideology, knowledge, and methods which students need all life long.
這一校訓絕對不是一句空話，而是一個實實在在的尺度，所有關于學校命運的重 大決定都要有這一尺度來做最終的衡量和判斷。如今的哈佛大學同其他所有大學一樣 也面臨著社會需求的重大壓力，新興產業的飛速發展導致社會需求急速變化，從而對 大學專業設置和人才培養提出了一系列新的、迫切的要求。面對這種壓力，是無原則 地接受，一味地去迎合社會眼前的需求，把學生培養成社會需要的實用型人才？還是 堅持自己的教育原則，保持大學的相對獨立性，防止大學成為社會的“加工廠”？哈 佛人認為哈佛要堅持自己的原則，不是不去順應時代的發展，而是不能讓社會成為大 學的指揮棒。大學絕不僅僅是為了解決現實社會問題而設立的，大學不同于職業學校， 它有更為重要的任務，就是傳授給一代又一代學生其一生都需要的最基本、最重要的 思想、知識和方法。
Harvard University has always been after its faith, making its best to resist any force that may compel it to deviate from the track . The pursuit of academy by Harvard professors and students has reached a crazy level. Harvard students’ passion for study is much higher than most students of the first-class universities in China. When students in China are worrying about how much they can earn a month, Harvard students are looking for their “Aristotle” in libraries. Either professors or students don’t care about money. What they care about is truth,
哈佛大學始終不渝地追求著自己的信念，竭力抵抗著各種可能迫使它偏離正確軌 道的壓力。哈佛的教授和學生對學術的追求可以說達到了一種癡狂的境界。哈佛學生 學習的勁頭要比國內一流大學的學生厲害得多。當國內學生在為一個月賺多少錢發愁 時，哈佛的學生卻在圖書館里尋找著他們的“亞里士多德”。不管是教授還是學生， 他們不問報酬，只為追求真理。
