Editing Godkin Lectures

The '''Edwin L. Godkin Lecture''' is an annual lecture hosted by [[Harvard Kennedy School]] at [[Harvard University]], [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], United States.

The lecture series was founded in 1903 and named in honor of [[E.L. Godkin|Edwin L. Godkin]], the Irish-American journalist who founded ''[[The Nation (U.S. periodical)|The Nation]]''. When [[James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce|Lord Bryce]] delivered the first Godkin Lecture in 1903, Harvard president [[Charles William Eliot]] gave the introduction and said, "These lectures upon government and civic duty are in remembrance of a man who gave his life to the public through the medium of the press . . . Mr. Godkin was a man of remarkable vigor and great candor, and unremitting devotion to lofty ideals of public duty."<ref>{{cite news |title=The Godkin Lectures |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1936/2/17/the-godkin-lectures-pit-has-been/ |work=www.thecrimson.com |issue=The Harvard Crimson |date=February 17, 1936}}</ref> The Godkin Lectures have been delivered by [[James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce|Lord Bryce]], [[Heinrich Brüning]], [[C. P. Snow]], [[Edward Heath]], [[Walter Heller]], [[McGeorge Bundy]], [[John M. Deutch]], [[Walter Lippmann]], [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], [[Nelson Rockefeller]], [[Paul Samuelson]], [[Derek Bok]], and [[Clark Kerr]], among others.

==References==
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* "The Democratic Mistake: Godkin Lectures of 1909", Arthur George Sedgwick, [https://books.google.com/books?id=L3ISAAAAIAAJ&q=arthur+sedgwick+godkin+%22democratic+mistake%22]

* "Problems of Today", [[Moorfield Storey]], Godkin Lectures of 1920, [https://books.google.com/books?id=7d5DhXmAuuwC&q=moorfield+storey]

* "Theory and Practice in Politics", [[Robert Moses]], Godkin Lectures of 1939 [https://www.questia.com/library/book/theory-and-practice-in-politics-the-godkin-lectures-1939-by-robert-moses.jsp]

* "Ethics in Government", [[Paul Douglas (Illinois politician)|Paul Douglas]], Godkin Lectures of 1952

* "Uses of the University", [[Clark Kerr]], Godkin Lectures of 1963

* "New Dimensions of Political Economy", [[Walter Heller]], Godkin Lectures of 1966

* "Family and Nation", [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], Godkin Lectures of 1985

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