Excerpt from My Reminiscences of Ezra Cornell: An Address Delivered Before the Cornell University on Founder's Day, January 11th, 1890 But, while he thus left the general educational features largely to me, he uttered, during one of our conversations, words which showed that he comprehended the true theory of a university these words are now engraved upon the Cornell University seal: I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study. The introduction of this new bill into the Legislature was a signal for war. Almost all the denominational colleges girded themselves for the fray, and sent their agents to fight us at Albany; they also stirred up the secular press, without distinction of party, in the regions where they were situated, and the religious organs of their various sects in the great cities. At the center of the movement against us was the Peo ple's College it had rallied in force and won over the chair man Of' the Education committee in the Assembly, so that un der various pretexts he delayed considering the bill. Worst of all there appeared against us, late in the session, a professor from the Genesee College - a man of high character and great ability; and he did his work most vigorously. He brought the whole force of the church with which he was connected to bear upon the Legislature, and insisted that every other col lege in the State had received something from the public funds, while his had received none. 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.