Wolfgang Huber

Abstract

It is really a privilege for me to be invited for the Second Annual Capps Lecture at the University of Virginia. When I first visited Charlottesville in 1989, I left the place with the firm conviction that I had seen one of the most beautiful university campuses anywhere. Today I have the honor to speak to you in this Rotunda, which is called one of the ten most beautiful architectural structures in the United States. It seems rather inappropriate to address the embarrassing problems of our time in these harmonious surroundings. Perhaps it helps to quote the genius of this place, Thomas Jefferson, who said: “Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppression of body and mind will vanish like spirits in the dawn of day.”