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...sincerely hope, then, that the bequest be used in building a new library, to be named according to Mr. Conant's desire, Such a course would fulfill the last wishes of a generous benefactor. It would supply the need now the most urgent of all felt alike by instructor and student...
...than the Semitic, which will have the task in charge. Now that Harvard has made a beginning in this direction, it is the duty of those interested in her welfare, to see that she is not brought to a standstill the by exhaustion of her funds. If any benefactor intends to make a gift to the university he could hardly devote his funds to a more valuable specific purpose than to add to Mr. Schiff's endowment. It is needless to say that the sum received through his generosity is not in itself large enough to place the university...
...people perish." "The word vision is here used not as knowledge in the ordinary sense of the word, but what was communicated to the prophets by the spirit of the Lord. A bright and pleasant vision is essential to a man's success in life and the noblest benefactor of the human race is he who gives the brightest visions. The human reason left to itself can make but little headway while combined with the imagination, it leads to the greatest result. What takes away the pain of the ghastly, gaping tomb, of the faces of distressed friends...
...advantages, it tends to encourage large bequests to the college. Mr. Bussey left a certain amount of real estate to the college with the provision that it should never be sold. It amounts to about half a million of dollars. It is an advantage as a rule for a benefactor of the college not to prescribe any definite investment for his gift, since the value of it may depreciate. Sometimes there has been a considerable deficit in the accounts of the college, but this is not to be feared in the case of an institution which is growing as rapidly...
...State of Massachusetts is our most extensive benefactor, since all taxation is remitted except that on the investments of the college in real estate...