there were 800 years before, and hopefully many more to come.
i am in the middle of this, standing on the shoulders of giants.
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a glimpse of the light show:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7834839.stm
the light show was a spectacle in its own right, accompanied by the church bells in the background. but the themes and objects of the show was even more spectacular. it showed how far this place has moved humankind in the past 800 years, true to the first great commission in genesis 1:28 God blessed them and said to them, " Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. "
there was the DNA double helix, the vasculature and the theory of evolution. the black hole, the binary code, latin poems, engineer's plant, the orchestra. there was the galaxy like diamonds in the sky, and fluorescence images of the cell.
a brief history of cambridge:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7834620.stm
there was isaac newton, charles darwin, stephen hawking. and the illustrations by quentin blake.
and throngs of students in their BA gowns and graduation hoods.
' ...you walk past the rooms where isaac newton worked, and you realised you are in a continuity. you are just one insignificant little person in this great cavalcade of history.'
' the university is not just looking back, it is also looking forward to the next 800 years.'
and so should i.
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