Excerpt from The University of Chicago: A Sketch Mr. Rockefeller, though from the first he has given, not only his wealth, but his deepest consideration and interest, to the University, refused to let his name be made a part of the title. He wished to be a friend to the institution and a fellow-worker with others for its welfare. He wanted it to stand, not as a monument to himself or to any other man, but solid in its own strength and devotion to the truth. Only so could it be free to perform the great services which a uni versity should render. And thus all who have put the work of their brains into the upbuilding of the institution have looked far beyond their own lifetime, beyond the Chicago of today and the interests of the Middle West, and, undaunted by the crudities of the present, have ceaselessly planned for a great future. 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.