Word: symbolize
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...Harvard men. From that on J. G. Brooks's life of W. H. Baldwin, Jr., I should like to quote these words: "This is a noble memorial of one of the finest Americans of the younger generation. To accomplish what Baldwin accomplished; to have deserved to stand as a symbol of what is best in our civic and business life; to die at 42, mourned by thousands, and respected by the leaders of the nation; and to have his life story told by so sympathetic a biographer as Mr. Brooks, was a lot which the most ambitious might entry...
...Parker's mind the duty of a lawyer is not to his client at the expense of the courts or of justice, of which the courts are but the visible symbol; but he must at all times have in view the rights of his case, its effect on others, and the precedent which a decision inevitably establishes. The temptation of a man just entering the field of law is to accept the first opportunity presented, but he has no right to "win a position by the payment of a price which he will ever afterwards regret...
...trust this Museum will stand as a monument for what Germany has contributed to the culture of the world, and that it will be a permanent symbol of the friendship between America and the old Fatherland. As an American of German descent, I am proud to be able to assist in this worthy cause. Very cordially yours. ADOLPHUS BUSCH...
...union in the University. Today the union of the States is certainly reflected in the life at Harvard, and we agree with the writer of the communication that some recognition of it would be appropriate. The Harvard Union, as its name implies, is the proper place for such a symbol and we heartily indorse the suggestion that pictures be hung there of the two men who, on opposing sides, were foremost in the struggle for what they believed was right...
Today the past is behind us and the name of Harvard stands as the symbol of the United youth of the north and south. In the union--a name happy in the significance of what it suggests--we may find the north and the south represented in the bonds of good fellowship. Why not make the union recognized? In Harvard University we may see no portrait of that soldier and statesman, Robert Lee, who fought under the flag of the Southern Confederacy, and the face of Abraham Lincoln, the preserver of the union of the North and South, is equally...