Centennial Anniversary of the Birth of Ezra Cornell
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Excerpt from Centennial Anniversary of the Birth of Ezra Cornell: Addresses at the Celebration Held at Cornell University, April 26, 1907 Activity of both body and mind and a consuming thirst for knowledge distinguished him. The poor village school, supplemented by such instruction as his father could give, was his only University. When only sixteen, Ezra and his brother contracted for the clearing and planting of four acres of land, conditioned upon being permitted to attend school during the winter term. His chief passion was for mechanics, and every opportunity to pursue their study was eagerly embraced. Carpentry was learned while working upon a new factory his father was building, and that trade he followed for a time. His graduating thesis was the planning and erection of a new two-story frame dwelling for the family, with no aid but that of his younger brother and ordinary workmen. He was only seventeen but already a master-builder; his triumph was regarded by the whole country round as nothing less than wonderful. When a lad plays the architect, superintendent and workman combined at seventeen he becomes a marked youth. The eyes of his little world, destined to grow betimes, are already upon him. Ambition stirred within Ezra Cornell, and at eighteen he set forth to establish himself upon an independent basis. After some trials he finally heard of Ithaca as a promising point because it was connected with the canal. There he went and, as the whole country knows, Ithaca became his home, and is destined as such to remain famous. Cornell and Ithaca are inseparable. With a few dollars in his pocket he walked from his father´s home to Ithaca, forty miles distant - a second Dick Whittington, for Cornell also became the foremost citizen. Without a single introduction or certificate of character, the young man soon made his way. Although he began as a carpenter, he soon had charge of the cotton factory, and finally of the flouring and plaster mills. His fame as a millwright soon spread and he remained for twelve years in the same position, though for many of these he was really in charge of the business. There was no restricting of his field possible. 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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