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Some 20 years ago, my sermons in the Harvard chapel were ended because of one which was "religiously incorrect." The gist of that talk to students was the following: "You come to college to study the sciences to learn how to manipulate people. You come here to learn how to die."

Ever since that time, I have become more convinced such is the basic purpose of all religions. I may be wrong, but has the climate now changed? --Richard N. Frye,   Aga Khan Professor of Iranian,   Emeritus

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