第PAGE\*Arabic\*MERGEFORMAT15页共NUMPAGES\*MERGEFORMAT15页朱棣文哈弗演讲朱棣文哈佛大学毕业演讲madampresidentfaust，membersoftheharvardcorporationandtheboardofoverseers，faculty，family，friends，and，mostimportantly，today'sgraduates，thankyouforlettingmesharethiswonderfuldaywithyou.iamnotsureicanliveuptothehighstandardsofharvardcommencementspeakers.lastyear，j.k.rowling，thebillionairenovelist，whostartedasaclassicsstudent，gracedthispodium.theyearbefore，billgates，themega-billionairephilanthropistandcomputernerdstoodhere.today，sadly，youhaveme.iamnotwealthy，butatleastiamanerd.iamgratefultoreceiveanhonorarydegreefromharvard，anhonorthatmeansmoretomethanyoumightcaretoimagine.yousee，iwastheacademicblacksheepofmyfamily.myolderbrotherhasanm.d./ph.d.frommitandharvardwhilemyyoungerbrotherhasalawdegreefromharvard.wheniwasawardedanobelprize，ithoughtmymotherwouldbesatisfied.notso.whenicalledheronthemorningoftheannouncement，shereplied，"that'snice，butwhenareyougoingtovisitmenext."now，asthelastbrotherwithadegreefromharvard，maybe，atlast，shewillbesatisfied.anotherdifficultywithgivingaharvardcommencementaddressisthatsomeofyoumaydisapproveofthefactthatihaveborrowedmaterialfrompreviousspeeches.iaskthatyouforgivemefortworeasons.first，inordertohaveimpact，itisimportanttodeliverthesamemessagemorethanonce.inscience，itisimportanttobethefirstpersontomakeadiscovery，butitisevenmoreimportanttobethelastpersontomakethatdiscovery.second，authorswhoborrowfromothersarefollowinginthefootstepsofthebest.ralphwaldoemerson，whograduatedfromharvardattheageof18，noted"allmybestthoughtswerestolenbytheancients."picassodeclared"goodartistsborrow.greatartistssteal."whyshouldcommencementspeakersbeheldtoahigherstandard。ialsowanttopointouttheironyofspeakingtograduatesofaninstitutionthatwouldhaverejectedme，hadithechutzpahtoapply.iammarriedto"deanjean，"theformerdeanofadmissionsatstanford.sheassuresmethatshewouldhaverejectedme，ifgiventhechance.whenishowedheradraftofthisspeech，sheobjectedstronglytomyuseoftheword"rejected."sheneverrejectedap