Compared to some of the great universities of the West, NTU may be a mere hatchling, but the tribulations of history have forced it to mature rapidly, as its faculty and alumni have had to shoulder much of the burden of leading the nation.
相對於歐美著名學府的數百年歷史，台大或許猶如髫齡小兒，但大時代的重重憂患淬煉，卻讓它分外早熟，並堅毅地扛起治國的重責大任。