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What is the motto of Harvard University?
The earliest motto of Harvard University is VeritasChristoetEcclesiae, which means "TruthforChristandtheChurch" in English, meaning "Pursuing the truth in the sense of Christianity and the church".

Later, with the secularization of Harvard and its separation from religion, this sentence was naturally simplified to one word-truth.

This word is often translated into "truth", which means not only "truth" but also "truth" and "truth". At Harvard, the pursuit of "truth", "truth" and "truth" in the fields of knowledge, world, society and mankind is an eternal goal.

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1636, the local government decided to establish institutions of higher learning after Cambridge University in England, and Harvard College, the predecessor of Harvard University, began to be established. Until the19th century, Harvard College, which was founded a century and a half ago, still took Oxford University and Cambridge University in England as the model, aimed at training priests, lawyers and officials, and paid attention to humanities, so students could not choose courses freely.

/kloc-At the beginning of the 0/9th century, the horn of higher education curriculum reform sounded in Harvard, advocating "academic freedom" and "lecture freedom". The stereotype of "fixed academic year" and "fixed curriculum" has been impacted, and the system of free elective courses has gradually emerged.

For a long time, Harvard University has been playing a decisive role in the field of education all over the world, setting many precedents.

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