We are not called upon to endorse the findings, but are called upon to stand firm in support of the importance of the project and the right to publish it. Any less than that would be fatal. We would lose the respect and services of our best faculty men and respect of the scholarly world generally. Without freedom there can be no integrity of intellect. Our scientists have to be permitted the time, freedom, and respect for their working schedules to let the mind go where it will, to invent, to examine the world.
Students are the life blood of a great university.
But to pump and move the blood, a great university must have great teachers. Long ago it was said that the pen was mightier than the sword. When the sword becomes too destructive to draw, the pen must bear the full responsibility for victory. Only ideas can triumph over ideas. I think I know exactly what is going to happen to today's youth.