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斯坦福,开学典礼演讲 斯坦福大学校长开学典礼致辞 Good afternoon and welcome to Stanford University. Today, we celebrate the arrival of 1,717 new freshmen and transfer students. I have struggled with the format of this Convocation and the content of this speech for the past 10 days. Since the morning of Sept. 11, the campus has been uncommonly quiet. Except for two memorial services, all major events were cancelled. As we considered how to start a new academic year, we decided that a Convocation was, in fact, the most fitting way to resume our normal activities. Students, you represent our best hope f