“Let me begin by expressing my appreciation for the very deep honor which you have conferred upon me. As General de Gaulle occasionally acknowledges America to be the daughter of Europe, so I am pleased to come to Yale, the daughter of Harvard. It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds, a Harvard education and a Yale degree.”
~ President John F. Kennedy :)
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January 27th, 2005 at 7:28:34 pm
Hip hip, Hurrah! for Honor Banvard. The honor :) is at least as much Harvard’s as hers, I’m sure. :)
Thanks for the Lehrer, Bean. Hee hee! Always warms me ould heart. :)
Yale University Commencement Address, June 11, 1962:
“Let me begin by expressing my appreciation for the very deep honor which you have conferred upon me. As General de Gaulle occasionally acknowledges America to be the daughter of Europe, so I am pleased to come to Yale, the daughter of Harvard. It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds, a Harvard education and a Yale degree.”
~ President John F. Kennedy :)