The History of Harvard University, Band 2John Owen, 1840 - 612 Seiten |
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amount annual APPENDIX appointed April benefactors bequeathed board of Overseers books and philosophical Boston Bowdoin Boylston Cambridge CHAPTER church committee Constitution Corporation and Overseers Court death Divinity donations duties Ebenezer Francis elected Eliot England established funds Governor grant Harvard College Harvard Hall Hebrew Henry Flynt Holyoke honor hundred pounds Hutchinson immediate government income influence institution instructors interest James Bowdoin John Hancock John Lowell Joseph Joseph Story Joshua Fisher Langdon learning lectures legacy lege legislature letter Massachusetts Mathematics meeting ment Nathaniel Bowditch Nicholas Boylston passed philosophical apparatus poration pounds sterling present President and Fellows principles Profes Professor Professorship Province received records religion religious resignation respect salary Salem Samuel Samuel Dexter seers seminary Sewall society spirit sterling Storer Thomas Hancock Thomas Hollis thousand dollars tion Treasurer Tutors University vote William Winthrop XXXV XXXVII
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Seite 501 - those arts and sciences, which qualified them for public employments, both in church and state; and whereas the encouragement of arts and sciences, and all good literature, tends to the honor of God, the advantage of the Christian religion, and the great benefit of this and the other United States of America: — It is declared,
Seite 503 - rewards and immunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country; to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity, industry and frugality, honesty and punctuality in their dealings; sincerity, good humor, and all social affections and generous sentiments among the people.
Seite 634 - Eternal are thy mercies, Lord; Eternal truth attends thy word ; Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Seite 668 - passed the flaming bounds of place and time,' 'The living throne, the sapphire blaze, Where angels tremble while they gaze.' "Mr. President, I will not detain you or the company any longer. I beg leave to offer as a toast,
Seite 660 - They passed the flaming bounds of place and time,' and saw 'The living throne, the sapphire blaze, Where angels tremble while they gaze.' "Mr. President, I will not detain you or the company any longer. I beg leave to offer as a toast,
Seite 633 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise; Let the Redeemer's name be sung Through every land, by every tongue.
Seite 540 - the following article was a fundamental one; " It being understood, that every encouragement be given to the serious, impartial, and unbiassed investigation of Christian truth; and that no assent to the peculiarities of any denomination of Christians be required either of the students, or professors, or instructors.
Seite 626 - The Court agreed to give .£400 towards a school or college, whereof £200 to be paid the next year, and £200 when the work is finished; and the next Court to appoint where and what building.
Seite 700 - leaders of the people, by their knowledge of learning meet for the people ; wise and eloquent in their instructions. Rich men, furnished with ability, living peaceably in their habitations;
Seite 57 - with our Colleges, that, instead of being places of the greatest advantages for true piety, one cannot send a child thither without great danger of his being infected, as to his morals, as it has certainly sometimes been with these societies ; it is perfectly intolerable, and any thing should be done rather than it should be so.