为了报答他的慷慨，立法机关投票决定将这所学校命名为哈佛学院。

In return for his generosity, the legislature voted that the school be named Harvard College.

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1639年 学院以一位名叫约翰哈佛的捐赠者重新命名，改名为哈佛学院，而约翰哈佛本人是 个牧师。

Then in 1639 the college was renamed Harvard College after a benefactor called John Harvard who was a clergyman. Therefore, in a sense, Harvard University was the product of religious activities.

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