Ezra Cornell, Vol. 4
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Excerpt from Ezra Cornell, Vol. 4: The First Goldwin Smith Lecture Delivered on Founder´s Day, January 11th, 1913 In accepting last May President Schurman´s flattering invitation to deliver the address on this occasion I felt certain misgivings. The theme of Ezra Cornell and his relations to the university which bears his name had been already treated so many times and by so many persons of note, that one like myself might well be apprehensive of tiresome repetition. Yet, as I consulted our collection of printed matter and pondered the situation, it occurred to me that after all there was room for an address of a different kind, one presenting both founder and university from a different point of view. Whoever will take the pains to examine our Founder´s Day literature will soon discover that it turns in the main upon two points: the justification of the university, the justification of Ezra Cornell in founding it. Now it seems to me that the need of justification has passed long ago. The university was incorporated in 1865, was opened in 1868, Ezra Cornell died in December, 1874. We are thus within a very few years of our semi-centennial. University and founder have almost passed into history. Almost, not quite. For even fifty years do not bring the judicial tone, the clear perspective demanded of the real historian. There are too many still living who feel and resent the injustice, the vituperation of the ´60s and ´70s and ´80s. Nevertheless we in 1913 are removed far enough from the pioneer days to look upon calumnies with a calm wonderment that such folly could have been. Our university needs no justification. Let me echo the words of Daniel Webster: I shall enter on no encomium upon Cornell - she needs none. There she is - behold her, and judge for yourselves. And in the university is justified also its founder, who passed to his final account nearly forty years ago. Whatever of mistake may have attached to his earthly life has faded into oblivion. 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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