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honor of her sonHarry, who perished aboard the Titanic. A library built to advance the learning and discoveryenabled by one of the most diverse and broad collections in the world. Wideneramp。rsquo。s twelvemajestic columns safeguard texts and manuscripts。some centuries old。that are deployedevery day by scholars to help us interpret。and reinterpret。the past. But this afternoon I would like to spend a few minutes considering our accountability to thefuture, because these obligations must be “。our pass to steer by,”。 our mon purpose andour shared mitment. What does Harvard。what do universities。owe the future? First, we owe the world answers. Discovery is at the heart of what universities do. Universities engage faculty and studentsacross a range of disciplines in seeking solutions to problems that may have seemedunsolvable, endeavoring to answer questions that threaten to elude us. The scientific researchundertaken today at Harvard, and tomorrow by the students we educate, has a capacity toimprove human lives in ways virtually unimaginable even a generation ago. In this past yearalone, Harvard researchers have solved riddles related to the treatment of Alzheimeramp。rsquo。s, thecosteffective production of malaria vaccine, and the origins of the universe. Harvardresearchers have proposed answers to challenges as varied as nuclear proliferation, Americanpetitiveness, and governance of the Internet. We must continue to support our answerseekers, who work at the crossroads of thetheoretical and the applied, at the nexus of research, public policy, and , they will shape our future and enhance our understanding of the world. Second, we owe the world qu