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G. R. MacLane showed that there exist entire (holomorphic) functions \(f\) that are ``universal'' in the sense that the sequence \((f^{(n)})\) of derivatives is dense in the space of entire functions with respect to the topology of local uniform convergence. This paper begins with a short summary of what is known about such universal functions and their harmonic counterparts in \(\mathbb{R}^N\). However, its main purpose is to establish a new result, as follows. Let \({\mathcal H}_N\) denote the space of all harmonic functions on \(\mathbb{R}^N\), endowed with the topology of local uniform convergence. The main result asserts that there exists a dense subspace \(V\) of \({\mathcal H}_N\) such that every element of \(V\setminus \{0\}\) is a universal harmonic function satisfying a certain growth condition. This growth condition is known to be sharp. The paper concludes with some open questions and supplementary remarks. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0931.00036].