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The Lester B. Pearson Garden for Peace and Understanding, located on the St. Michaels College Campus at the University of Toronto Campus, in Toronto Ontario, Canada. This garden is located along what the students call "Philosopher's Walk". It is just past [Emily]Carr Hall, bordered by the EJ Pratt library for Reformation studies, and just around the corner from the Northrop Frye Hall. In an age uncertain of its future, it is nice to be reminded of ideals which once shaped our country. The inscription on the viewing platform above the waterfall reads: ""Let us give the student a faith, a sense of mission, an understanding of social and moral values Above all, education, especially at a university such as ours, must be based on a belief in something deeper and higher than oneself, whatever it may be called... Misunderstanding ... arising from ignorance breeds fear, and fear remains the greatest enemy of peace. Educated persons ... will place the desire to put muscle into missiles below the desire to put dignity and decency into living; moral values into action; beauty into words or images. They will put the search for the good life in peace and freedom above every other search." As role models go, Pearson ranks as one of the highest. The inscription to the garden continues: " The Lester B. Pearson Garden for Peace and UnderstandingThis garden is dedicated to the legacy of the Right Honourable Lester Bowles Pearson; a 1919 Victoria College graduate, Chancelor of Victoria University from 1952 to 1969; and Canada's fourteenth Prime Minister. Pearson established Canada's reputation in the 20th Century as one of the world's great peacekeeping nations and helped define Canada's modern foreign policy. In 1957, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his International achievements. Victoria University believes it is important to remind future generations of the central role pearson played in finding peaceful solutions to the world's problems."I am honoured to have had the opportunity to visit this garden of all the gardens I could have chosen to visit. It is a shame that the same ideals do not hold true today. The young women sitting behind the tree were piecing together a huge mural using the flags from countries all over the world. I thought it was somehow fitting, and only now wished I had spoken to them about what they were up to. Behind the scene : Why this panorama was made
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