This collection of speeches by Stephen Trachtenberg, President and Professor of Public Administration at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., covers a wide variety of subjects important to higher education. Speeches include: "Reason and Heart Together" (remarks on the occasion of his inauguration as President of the George Washington University, April 16, 1989); "Libraries Are the Foundation on Which Universities Stand" (remarks at a meeting of the Virginia State Library Association, November 18, 1989); "A Cause Called Justice," (remarks at Martin Luther King's convocation, January 15, 1990); "The Search for Perspective in a De-Controlled World" (keynote speech at a meeting of the D.C. Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, April 21, 1990); "The Search for a New Order for Peace, Security and Cooperation in Northeast Asia: Looking toward the 21st Century" (remarks at Moscow State University, May 1991); "The Role of Business in Education" (remarks at the New York Times Presidents Forum, November 22, 1991); "The Difficult Quest for Balance in American Higher Education" (essay published in "The World and I" magazine, December 1991); "American Higher Education Confronts Its Frayed Self-Image" (remarks at the Mitre Corporation's Distinguished Lecture Series, February 25, 1992); "Can Political Correctness Ever Be Politically Incorrect?" (remarks at the conference of the Society for College and University Planning, August 3, 1992); "Quality Management--How Do You Make It Total?" (remarks at the convention of the Society for College and University Planning, April 15, 1993); "The Future of Higher Education" (remarks at the D.C. Jewish Community Center's John R. Risher Public Affairs Forum, May 6, 1993); "The Beginning of Wisdom" (graduation speech at Sidwell Friends School, June 11, 1993); "Assuring a Global Perspective for the American College Student" (remarks at the X Triennial Conference of the International Association of University Presidents, July 1993); and "The Importance of Ancient History" (remarks at Columbia University convocation, August 31, 1993). (JDD)