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Now, I believe that war is never inevitable until it starts, but there has been a great proclivity in human history, and including in recent history, for war. William C. Kirby

War Great History Inevitable Believe Starts Has-Been Never Until Been Human Human History Including Now Recent Recent History

East Asia has prospered since the end of the Vietnam War, and Northeast Asia has prospered since the end of the Korean War in a way that seems unimaginable when you think of the history of the first half of the century. William C. Kirby

So, anything that avoids a conflict that could draw in, unhappily again, outside powers such as the United States or revisit, for example, Japan's interests in the Taiwan area would be the last thing that anyone would want. William C. Kirby

Conflict Example States Draw Would Would-Be Area Could Taiwan Outside For Example Powers Revisit Want Anyone Anything Again Japan Interests United United States Thing Last

The reform of state industry, and most directly related to that, the banking sector, is enormously daunting. William C. Kirby

Related State Sector Directly Daunting Most Industry Reform Banking

So, I think China desperately needs to legitimize some form of opposition. William C. Kirby

Needs Think Desperately Some Opposition Form China

Harvard is first and foremost a university and not a consulting operation, and our job here is to teach and to research and to create knowledge on Asia in conjunction and in cooperation with scholars as well as with political, intellectual, and cultural leaders in Asia. William C. Kirby

Knowledge Political Job First Research Our Harvard Consulting Scholars Leaders Well Operation Cultural Foremost Intellectual Asia Create Teach Conjunction Cooperation Here University

Another goal is to look to the resources we have and to see how we could do better to plan, in a sense, for the faculty and infrastructure that we will need to study Asia well into the 21st century. William C. Kirby

Better Will Sense Resources See Could Faculty Study Look Well Another How Goal Infrastructure Asia Century Plan Need

And look at the mess that Russia is; most Chinese don't want to follow that. William C. Kirby

Follow Russia Look Most Mess Want Chinese

What time he can spare from the adornment of his person he devotes to the neglect of his duties. William Hepworth Thompson

Time Neglect Adornment He His Person Duties Spare

A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices. William Lyon Phelps

Fly Past Birds Air Books Slip High Through Prices Likely Him His Hands Often Little Means Suffer

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts. William Lyon Phelps

Thoughts People World Those Most Happiest Happiest People Interesting Who

The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century. William Lyon Phelps

Life Fear Favorite Disease Century

In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks. William Lyon Phelps

You Three Every Assumptions Out Throw Weeks Company Start-Up Basically

A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him. William Lyon Phelps

Water Restful See Cat Like Him His Just Body Floor

A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration. William Lyon Phelps

Respect Word Admiration Given Student Never Sincere Private Encouraging Forgets

This is a crisis, but there is an opportunity to help revitalize and renew the Catholic community. William P. Leahy

Opportunity Community Crisis Catholic Renew Help

As a university, we're not focused on bringing about huge reforms - that's not our role. William P. Leahy

Our Focused About Huge Role Reforms Bringing University

The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy. William P. Leahy

Church Whatever Clerical Celibacy May Hold Regard Holds

Some of the speakers we bring on campus may not reflect official church teaching, but that's how it is. William P. Leahy

Church Reflect Some How Campus Official May Speakers Teaching Bring

By no means do I anticipate screening those who come on to campus... And I have no difficulty if a bishop across the country or some local pastor may say that's not Catholic teaching - that's fine. William P. Leahy

Country Difficulty Local Bishop Say Those Fine Some Come Catholic Anticipate Pastor Campus May Screening Across Means Teaching Who

The hierarchy shouldn't fear what we're doing. William P. Leahy

Fear Hierarchy Doing

What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College. William P. Leahy

College About Boston Catholic Manifestation Roots