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| | To the Jagiellonian University Community |
 | | As I think of the Jagiellonian University, my mind is stirred by memories - far off, even from before the war, and recent ones, such as, for example, the memory of our meeting at the Collegiate Church of St Anne and the Collegium Maius in 1997. |
 | | This reminiscing is especially justified by the fact that we are still living the spirit of the celebrations for the 600th anniversary of the Jagiellonian University and of the renewal of the Alma Mater of Kraków. |
 | | In this very way they learned patriotism, that is, love of what belongs to the homeland, of what is the fruit of their forebears' genius and of what distinguishes one people from the others and, at the same time, is a place of encounter and creative exchange in the dimension of the human race. |
| www.vatican.va /holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/2000/jul-sep/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_20000911_univ-cracovia_en.html (919 words) |
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