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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: REMARKS By Rev. Dr. ELIOT, PRESIDENT OF TIIE CORPORATION. Fellow Citizens: The Inaugural Exercises of Washington University, having been commenced this morning at the University building known as Academic Hall, will be now continued by an Address from our distinguished guest, whom you are undoubtedly impatient to hear. I share in your impatience, but the necessity is imposed upon me of detaining you, less than ten minutes, that the occasion on which we now meet may be understood. For Washington University is of so recent date and so little known, that many of those here present might reasonably be held excused if they now hear of it for the first time. It was incorporated four years ago, with a different name, the continuance of which might have given it a local and sectional character, and which was therefore changed by those most interested in the enterprise. But, under a happy coincidence, the charter had beenapproved on the 22A February, 1853, and the first meeting' of the corporators, at which the organization of the Institution was accomplished, was held on the 22d February, 1854-. By this coincidence of birth, the name of Washington University was suggested. It is also a name admirably adapted to the plan proposed, namely, the establishment of an American University, upon the broad foundation of Republican and Christian principles free from the trammels of sect and party; a University for the people, whom Washington served; to educate the rising generations in that love of country and of our whole country, which the Farewell Address of Washington inculcates, and in that faithfulness to God and Truth which made Washington great. The Institution comprises several Departments, and is intended to embrace the whole range of University studies, except theolog...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217162913 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217162916 |
| Weight | 0.20 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.12 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 52 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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