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delivered 8 June 1978, Harvard University. click for pdf. [ AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio English translation] I am sincerely happy to be here on the occasion of the 327th commencement of this old and most prestigious university.
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Read the full text of Solzhenitsyn's commencement speech at Harvard University, where he criticized the West's decline in courage, its blindness to other worlds, and its pursuit of happiness. He warned of the dangers of a divided and alienated world and called for truth and moral values.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn at Harvard University, June 8, 1978 : The Best Commencement Speeches, Ever : NPR. Harvard University, June 8, 1978. Truth eludes us if we do not concentrate our...
Apr 25, 2011 · Solzhenitsyn's brilliant, iconoclastic speech ranks among the most thoughtful, articulate, and challenging addresses ever delivered at a Harvard Commencement. Read more in this PDF from the July-August 1978 issue. The Russian Nobel laureate's biting 1978 Harvard Commencement speech.
Dec 31, 2019 · Blog. 31 December 2019. Video of Harvard Address now available with English subtitles. Ever since we uploaded, in 2013, the complete video of Solzhenitsyn’s seminal Harvard Address, it has generated over 170,000 views, hundreds of positive comments, and a few negative ones.