“There must be something strangely sacred in salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.”
Khalil Gibran
Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia
Friday Reflection
Friday Reflection
“One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.” Leo Tolstoy
Friday Reflection
“Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate. Adventures do occur, but not punctually.” E.M. Forster
Friday Reflection
“I can think of no other edifice constructed by man as altruistic as a lighthouse. They were built only to serve.” George Bernard Shaw
Happy Valentine’s Day
From all of us at CEGE Connection, we send out warm wishes for a Happy Valentine’s Day.
We hope you celebrate it by doing all the things you love.
Friday Reflection
“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
George Munro – The Man Who Saved Dalhousie
Every university has a legend. Dalhousie is no exception!
Every year on the first Friday of February – this year February 7, 2020 – Dalhousie closes its doors to celebrate Munro Day. And for good reason. Without George Munro, Dalhousie University would merely be a page in a history book.
George Munro, born in 1825 near the once active shipping port of Pictou, Nova Scotia, did not attend Dalhousie, nor did he follow his first career choice of becoming a Presbyterian minister. Instead, he made his way to New York City and fulfilled his destiny in the printing and publishing business, amassing great wealth in the process. Even so, his loyalty and attachment to Nova Scotia prevailed. When Dalhousie faced extinction, his gifts brought life and independence to the fledgling institution.
The man who published light fiction and an inexpensive story paper called “The Fireside Companion” recognized the power of education. He endowed Dalhousie chairs in physics, history, political economy, English literature and philosophy.
George Munro’s legacy is a reminder that individual contributions to education, even those seemingly small, generate positive outcomes for society.
Friday Reflection
“What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone?”
Winston Churchill
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Celebrating Robbie Burns Day
“Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my jo,
for auld lang syne,
we’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne”.
Robert Burns, (January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796)
Robert Burns, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Robbie Burns message “Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?” remains ever relevant in a world where friendships have taken on a global perspective. His words, traveling across the centuries, are a call to action. On this Robbie Burns Day 2020, let us celebrate and remember the importance of friendship and camaraderie.
Friday Reflection
“We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.”
Zhuangzi
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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