Wells College and Its Founders (Classic Reprint): An Historical Sketch: An Historical Sketch (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Lowe, Walter Irenaeus

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ISBN 10: 1331362156 ISBN 13: 9781331362159

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Tanding there alone, I thought I would rather be Girard, as he was thus represented, than the President of the United States, or the ruler of any of the great nations of the world.

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Standing there alone, I thought I would rather be Girard, as he was thus represented, than the President of the United States, or the ruler of any of the great nations of the world. It was then and there that I resolved that if I ever had the ability, I would go and do likewise. Through all the long years since that resolution was made, it has never been absent from my mind. Forty years, with the experience they have ripened, have served to strengthen rather than weaken my firm resolve. What you see here in this beginning, this nucleus of the great work which I have upon my mind, is a commencement only. If my life is spared, I hope to see it grow and become one of the first institutions in the land."

In these words Henry Wells, at the age of seventy, revealed to the students of the institution which bears his name, the high ambition which came to him while still a young man, not yet fully launched upon his business career, as he gazed for the first time upon the buildings of Girard College, then in process of construction.

The form into which this ambition had finally crystallized, when, after many years of patient toil and waiting, he consecrated so much of his wealth to the cause of the higher education of women, he makes known in the address which he delivered on the first anniversary of the laying of the corner-stone.

"It is the fervent wish of the founder, that this College may always be conducted on truly Christian principles, and that its pupils may always be surrounded by an atmosphere of Christian influences.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331362156
• ISBN 13: 9781331362159
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 31