The History of Harvard University, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of Harvard University, Vol. 1 This History had its origin in the following circumstances. In March, 1836, the Author accepted an invitation from the Corporation of Harvard University, to prepare, as President of the institution, a discourse, to be delivered on the second centennial anniversary of its foundation, in commemoration of that event, and of the founders and patrons of the semina ry. From the researches, into which he was led by this undertaking, it became apparent that these topics could not be satisfactorily in vestigated before the day fixed Upon for the celebration. The Author, therefore, decided to prepare such a general sketch of events and characters as might be'comprised Within the limits of an occasional address, and to an nounce his intention of attempting to do jus tice to the subject in a work of a more en larged form and permanent character. 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.