University of the United States: March 10U.S. Government Printing Office, 1896 |
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... capital of the nation one supreme institution that ( 1 ) shall complete the system of American education by supplying the crowning and true university it lacks , both as a means of furnishing upon American soil every possible facility ...
... capital of the nation one supreme institution that ( 1 ) shall complete the system of American education by supplying the crowning and true university it lacks , both as a means of furnishing upon American soil every possible facility ...
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... capital of the country ; and that after a delay of one hundred years since it was first proposed and sought to be established by the founders of the Government it would be unworthy of so great a people to wait longer for a more ...
... capital of the country ; and that after a delay of one hundred years since it was first proposed and sought to be established by the founders of the Government it would be unworthy of so great a people to wait longer for a more ...
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... capital . There is no other place in which every citizen is so directly interested . " So fully convinced was he of the importance of such an institution , that he half believed that had it been founded in the time of Washing- ton for ...
... capital . There is no other place in which every citizen is so directly interested . " So fully convinced was he of the importance of such an institution , that he half believed that had it been founded in the time of Washing- ton for ...
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... capital , and thereby realize the cherished hopes of Washington on this subject . " We further note the agitation of the national - university question from that time forward , with special activity at intervals , by leading scholars ...
... capital , and thereby realize the cherished hopes of Washington on this subject . " We further note the agitation of the national - university question from that time forward , with special activity at intervals , by leading scholars ...
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... capital the intellectual center of the world , and so help the United States of America to rank first and highest among the enlightened nations of the earth , then it is most manifestly UNIVERSITY OF THE UNITED STATES . 15.
... capital the intellectual center of the world , and so help the United States of America to rank first and highest among the enlightened nations of the earth , then it is most manifestly UNIVERSITY OF THE UNITED STATES . 15.
Términos y frases comunes
already American April April 16 believe bill Bureau chairman citizens COLLEGE Columbia Congress cordially Cornell University DEAR GOVERNOR DEAR SIR December December 20 denominational ED PORTER THOMPSON efforts endowment enterprise establish a national Establish the University Ex-United States Senator glad Government heartily approve heartily in favor hearty higher education highest honor hope Horace Porter important indorse instant institutions of learning interest Iowa January January 24 John John Lee Carroll lands letter matter ment movement national capital national post-graduate university national university North Dakota November October October 22 OFFICE Ohio organization patriotic political President proposed national university proposed university proposition question received reply Republic respectfully schools scientific sincerely sity Smithsonian Institution success superintendent of public Superintendent Public Instruction SWARTHMORE COLLEGE sympathy tion truly United univer university at Washington University of Pennsylvania university proposition versity Virginia
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Página 13 - ... that once and again in his addresses to the Congresses with whom he cooperated in the public service he earnestly recommended the establishment of seminaries of learning, to prepare for all the emergencies of peace and war - a national university and a military academy. With respect to the latter, had he lived to the present day, in turning his eyes to the institution at West Point he would have enjoyed the gratification of his most earnest wishes; but in surveying the city which has been...
Página 12 - The present consideration of a national establishment, for education particularly, is rendered proper by this circumstance; also that, if Congress, approving the proposition, shall yet think it more eligible to found it on a donation of lands, they have it now in their power to endow it with those which will be among the earliest to produce the necessary income.
Página 11 - ... sciences, and belles-lettres could be taught in their fullest extent, thereby embracing all the advantages of European tuition, with the means of acquiring the liberal knowledge which is necessary to qualify our citizens for the exigencies of public as well as private life; and (which with me is a consideration of great magnitude) by assembling the youth from the different parts of this rising Republic, contributing from their intercourse and interchange of information to the removal of prejudices...
Página 11 - I have heretofore proposed to the consideration of Congress the expediency of establishing a National University, and also a Military Academy. The desirableness of both these institutions has so constantly increased with every new view I have taken of the subject, that I cannot omit the opportunity of once for all recalling your attention to them.
Página 11 - Among the motives to such an institution, the assimilation of the principles, opinions, and manners of our countrymen, by the common education of a portion of our youth from every quarter, well deserves attention. The more homogeneous our citizens can be made in these particulars, the greater will be our prospect of permanent union...
Página 13 - I would suggest to Congress the propriety of promoting the establishment in this District of an institution of learning, or university of the highest class, by the donation of lands. There is no place better suited for such an institution than the national capital. There is no other place in which every citizen is so directly interested. CIVIL-SERVICE REFORM. In three successive messages to Congress I have called attention to the subject of "civil-service reform.
Página 132 - Bacteriology. The Principles of Bacteriology. A Practical Manual for Students and Physicians. By AC Abbott, MD, Professor of Hygiene and Bacteriology, and Director of the Laboratory of Hygiene in the University of Pennsylvania. New (7th) Edition, enlarged and thoroughly revised.
Página 15 - ... contribute not less to strengthen the foundations than to adorn the structure of our free and happy system of government.
Página 18 - The President of the United States ; The President of the Senate; The Speaker of the House of Representatives; The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ; The President of the National Academy of Sciences ; John S.
Página 13 - ... national university, and a military academy. With respect to the latter, had he lived to the present day, in turning his eyes to the institution at West Point, he would have enjoyed the gratification of his most earnest wishes. But, in surveying the city which has been honored with his name, he would have seen the spot of earth which he had destined and bequeathed to the use and benefit of his country as the site for a university, still bare and barren.