A. Lawrence Lowell

thumb| Abbott Lawrence Lowell (December 13, 1856 – January 6, 1943) was an American educator and legal scholar. He was president of Harvard University from 1909 to 1933. Quotes It is hardly an exaggeration to summarize the history of four hundred years by saying that the leading idea of a conquering nation in relation to the conquered was, in 1600, to change their religion; in 1700, to change their trade; in 1800, to change their laws, and in 1900 to change their drainage. May we not, then say that on the prow of the conquering ship in these four centuries first stood the priest, then the merchant, then the lawyer, and finally the physician? Reported as an epigraph in Fielding H. Garrison, An Introduction to the History of Medicine (W. B. Saunders Co., 1917), p. 15 External links Category:1856 births Category:1943 deaths Category:Harvard University alumni Category:Lawyers from the United States Category:Educators from the United States Category:Harvard University faculty