Addresses Delivered at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, June 21st, 1887, on the 25th Anniversary of the Passage of the Morrill Land Grant Act |
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... authority to the government than any other of our fore- fathers , he endeavored to make the institution as much a part of the educational system of the state as were the common schools them- selves . This method of supporting the ...
... authority to the government than any other of our fore- fathers , he endeavored to make the institution as much a part of the educational system of the state as were the common schools them- selves . This method of supporting the ...
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... authority either human or divine . But now came a change . The Baconian philosophy taught that men might examine the conduct of government ; and they drew the logical inference that if they might examine , they might act on the results ...
... authority either human or divine . But now came a change . The Baconian philosophy taught that men might examine the conduct of government ; and they drew the logical inference that if they might examine , they might act on the results ...
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... Authority for this statement may be found in the Report of the Commission of Agri- culture for the year 1886 , p . 19. It is there shown that the average yield of the leading cereals , between 1870 and 1879 was considerably greater than ...
... Authority for this statement may be found in the Report of the Commission of Agri- culture for the year 1886 , p . 19. It is there shown that the average yield of the leading cereals , between 1870 and 1879 was considerably greater than ...
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... authority of longevity , and certainly appeared thirty years ago as too antiquated and limited for the general wants of American citizens , who claim that in any sphere of life education pays , that all persons , however humble their ...
... authority of longevity , and certainly appeared thirty years ago as too antiquated and limited for the general wants of American citizens , who claim that in any sphere of life education pays , that all persons , however humble their ...
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... a proportion in the hundred of men for distinction in society , and to make them valuable citizens , as well as authorities and ornaments in their respective vocations , entitling them as much to the honors of a college , as 20.
... a proportion in the hundred of men for distinction in society , and to make them valuable citizens , as well as authorities and ornaments in their respective vocations , entitling them as much to the honors of a college , as 20.
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Page 37 - ... that a sum not exceeding ten per centum upon the amount received by any State under the provisions of this act may be expended for the purchase of lands for sites or experimental farms, whenever authorized by the respective legislatures of said States.
Page 36 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 40 - Congress, according to the census of 1860, for the "endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, ... in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.
Page 8 - I call therefore a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war.
Page 36 - States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State, a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each senator and representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of eighteen hundred and sixty : Provided, That no mineral lands shall be selected or purchased under the provisions of this act.
Page 36 - State may be entitled under the provisions of this act, land scrip to the amount in acres for the deficiency of its distributive share; said scrip to be sold by said States and the proceeds thereof applied to the uses and purposes prescribed in this act, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever...
Page 37 - That the grant of land and land scrip hereby authorized shall be made on the following conditions, to which, as well as to the provisions hereinbefore contained, the previous assent of the several States shall be signified by legislative acts: First.
Page 36 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress...
Page 37 - Any State which may take and claim the benefit of the provisions of this act shall provide, within five years, at least not less than one college, as described in the fourth section of this act, or the grant to such State shall cease...
Page 29 - It will not be doubted that with reference either to individual or national welfare, agriculture is of primary importance. In proportion as nations advance in population, and other circumstances of maturity, this truth becomes more apparent, and renders the cultivation of the soil more and more an object of public patronage.