William C. Kirby : (2) " Now, I believe that war is never inevitable until it starts, but there has been a great proclivity in human history, and including in recent history, for war. " - William C. Kirby " Harvard is first and foremost a university and not a consulting operation, and our job here is to teach and to research and to create knowledge on Asia in conjunction and in cooperation with scholars as well as with political, intellectual, and cultural leaders in Asia. " - William C. Kirby