“Enter to grow in wisdom. / Depart to serve better thy country and thy kind.”
Over entrance (“Enter”) and exit (“Depart”) of Dexter gate (gift of Class of 1890) to Harvard Yard, erected 1901. <br class="br">Alternatives Eliot considered included “Enter daily to grow in wisdom,” and “Depart to serve better thy country and mankind.” <br class="br">Widely paraphrased as: <br class="br">Enter to learn; go forth to serve. <br class="br">Used by schools including Brigham Young University, Delaware State University, Tennessee State University, Keene State College, and Oakland City College. <br class="br">Sometimes credited (in abbreviated form) to Margaret Sanger. <br class="br">Sometimes parodied as: “Enter to learn; go forth to earn.” <br class="br">Origine: Enter to grow in wisdom: A tour of Harvard’s gates https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2005/12/enter-to-grow-in-wisdom/, Ken Gewertz, The Harvard Gazette, December 15, 2005 <br class="br">Origine: The Yale Book of Quotations, 2006, p. 232 https://books.google.com/books?id=ck6bXqt5shkC&pg=PA232&dq="enter+to+grow+in+wisdom" <br class="br">Origine: The Gates of Harvard Yard https://harvardmagazine.com/2013/07/gates-of-harvard-yard, Harvard Magazine, 2013 July 18 <br class="br">Origine: The Gates of Harvard Yard: The Complete Story, in Words and Pictures, of a Great University’s Iconic Portals <br class="br">Origine: BYU not alone in using motto 'enter to learn' https://www.deseretnews.com/article/695197761/BYU-not-alone-in-using-motto-enter-to-learn.html, Tad Walch, Deseret News, August 4, 2007 <br class="br">Origine: “Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve.” https://sangerpapers.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/enter-to-learn-go-forth-to-serve/, Jill Grimaldi, Margaret Sanger Papers Project, 2010-11-30
