 | Danvers (Mass.) - 1852 - 268 pages
...London.] By GEORGE PEABODY, of London : Education — A .debt due from present to future generations. In acknowledgment of the payment of that debt by the...I give to the inhabitants of that town the sum of TVVEN rv THOUSAND DOLLARS, for the promotion of knowledge and morality among them. I beg to remark,... | |
 | James Davie Butler - Mental discipline - 1852 - 90 pages
...was, " EDUCATION — a debt from the present to future generations." Then followed this sentence : " In acknowledgment of the payment of that debt by the generation which preceded me in my native town, and to aid in its prompt future discharge, I give to the inhabitants of that town the sum of TWENTY... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1853 - 228 pages
...was, "EDUCATION — a debt from the present to future generations." Then followed this sentence : " In acknowledgment of the payment of that debt by the generation which preceded me in my native town, and to aid in its prompt future discharge, I give to the inhabitants of that town the sum of TWENTY... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - Education - 1853 - 228 pages
...was, " EDUCATION — a debt from the present to future generations." Then followed this sentence : " In acknowledgment of the payment of that debt by the generation which preceded me in my native town, and to aid in its prompt future discharge, I give to the inhabitants of lhat town the sum of TWENTY... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Men - 1890 - 312 pages
...an accompanying note he said: "In acknowledgment of the payment of that debt by the generation that preceded me in my native town of Danvers, and to aid...I give to the inhabitants of that town the sum of $20,000 for the promotion of knowledge and morality among them." Mr. Peabody visited his native country... | |
 | Danvers (Mass.) - Danvers (Mass.) - 1856 - 252 pages
...assembled, accept, with deep emotions of gratitude, the munificent gift of George Peabody, Esq., of London, of TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, for the promotion of knowledge and morality among us ; and we, with due sense of its importance to ourselves and to those who are to succeed us, accept... | |
 | Commerce - 1857 - 798 pages
..." Education — a debt due from the present to future generations." The proposer went on to say : " In acknowledgment of the payment of that debt by the...the promotion of knowledge and morality among them." It is quite needless to add that this sentiment, thus indorsed and made practical, was well received... | |
 | 1857 - 802 pages
..."Education — a debt due from the present to future generations." The proposer went on to say : " In acknowledgment of the payment of that debt by the...the promotion of knowledge and morality among them." It is quite needless to add that this sentiment, thus indorsed and made practical, was well received... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - Commerce - 1857 - 820 pages
..." Education — a debt due from the present to future generations." The proposer went on to say : " In acknowledgment of the payment of that debt by the...to the inhabitants of that town the sum of twenty thoiisand dollars for the promotion of knowledge and morality among them." It is quite needless to... | |
 | Education - 1856 - 732 pages
...acclamations : By George Peabody, of London — Education — A debt due from present to future generations. In acknowledgment of the payment of that debt by the...discharge, I give to the inhabitants of that town the Bum of twenty thousand dollars, for the promotion of knowledge and morality among them. I beg to remark,... | |
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In acknowledgment of the payment of that debt by the generation which preceded me in my native town of Danvers, and to aid in its prompt, future discharge, I give to the inhabitants of that town the sum of twenty thousand dollars for the promotion of... 
