Historical Catalogue of 1764-1914 - 7 Angebote vergleichen

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1850 Excerpt: ... gratuitous tuition. It seemed to them better to provide the means of liberal and generous intellectual culture, than to labor mainly for the increase of the number of its graduates. They could conceive of no other manner in which they could so worthily fulfil the duty devolving upon them, that of raising the standard of education in our country. It will be seen that their measures have all been taken in conformity with these views. Their first care was to establish a library for the university. In the year 1831, the library contained somewhat less than six thousand volumes. These volumes had been contributed at various times since the foundation of the college, and though frequently valuable, were miscellaneous in their character, and furnished no suitable apparatus for the prosecution of study in any department of learning. An appeal was made to the public on behalf of this department of the university, and the sum of $19,437.50 was realized from a subscription. Of this amount the late Hon. Nicholas Brown gave $10,000. The fund thus raised was suffered to accumulate until the year 1839, when it had reached the sum of $25,000. Since June of that year, the income of this foundation has been devoted to the increase of the library and the philosophical apparatus. The result of this eifort has been the present library of the university, containing nearly twenty-four thousand volumes, carefully selected, and rich in the treasures of the most important departments of science and literature. Competent judges have declared it to be, as a working library, second to none in New England. The means have also been provided for enabling it to keep pace with the progress of science, and thus open within the institution a perennial fountain of knowledge. The only other fun... Paperback, Label: General Books LLC, General Books LLC, Product group: Book, Published: 2012-02-07, Studio: General Books LLC.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Ergodebooks.
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Ergodebooks [8304062], RICHMOND, TX, U.S.A.
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, ExtremelyReliable, TX, Richmond, [RE:3].
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