Traditions
Traditions at the Roosevelt Academy include the Opening of the Academic Year held every year in Middelburg's New Church, and the Dies Natalis, the celebration of the founding of the college, which takes place every five years. Weather permitting, the procession of Notables and professors can be seen walking from the Stadhuis to Middelburg's New Church where the official ceremonies are held.
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“Napoleon never wished to be justified. He killed his enemy according to Corsican traditions [le droit corse] and if he sometimes regretted his mistake, he never understood that it had been a crime.”
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They saw reflected in the coming time.
And thus forever with reverted look
The mystic volume of the world they read,
Spelling it backward, like a Hebrew book,
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