 | Criticism - 1853 - 666 pages
...its original use, and apply it to such ends or purposes as they, in their discretion, shall see till '"Sir, you may destroy this little Institution ; it...put it out. But if you do so, you must carry through yo'ir work ! You must extinguish, one after another, all those great lights of science which, for more... | |
 | Rufus Choate - Statesmen - 1853 - 116 pages
...original use, and apply it to such ends or purposes as they, in their discretion, shall see fit! "' Sir, you may destroy this little Institution; it is...weak; it is in your hands! I know it is one of the 4 lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country. You may put it out. But if you do so, you must... | |
 | Samuel Penniman Bates - Education - 1860 - 352 pages
...its original use, and apply it to such ends or purposes as they, in their discretion, shall see fit ? Sir, you may destroy this little institution ; it is weak ; it is in your hands II know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country. You may put it out.... | |
 | Samuel Penniman Bates - Education - 1869 - 454 pages
...its original use, and apply it to such ends or purposes as they, in their discretion, shall see fit ? Sir, you may destroy this little institution; it is...your hands! I know it is one of the lesser lights in the/literary horizon of our country. You may put it out. But if you do so, you must carry through your... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - Biography & Autobiography - 1870 - 630 pages
...original use, and apply it to such ends or purposes as they in their discretion shall see fit f " ' Sir, you may destroy this little institution ; it is weak ; it is in your hands II know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country. You may put it out.... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - Biography & Autobiography - 1870 - 624 pages
...original use, and apply it to such ends or purposes as they in their discretion shall see fit ? " ' Sir, you may destroy this little institution ; it is weak ; it is in yonr hands 1 I know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country. You may... | |
 | Dartmouth College - 1870 - 140 pages
...upon the lengthened roll of her sons "not born to die." The College is no longer "weak ;" no longer "one of the lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country," as when the ablest of her sons stood forth in her defense. To-day, her glory is the lustre of a hundred... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1872 - 652 pages
...original use, and apply it to such ends or purposes as thcy in their discretion shall see tit ? " ' Sir, you may destroy this little institution ; it...But, if you do so, you must carry through your work 1 You must extinguish, one after another, all those greater lights of science which, for more than... | |
 | Samuel Penniman Bates - Education - 1873 - 398 pages
...its original use, and apply it to such ends or purposes as they, in their discretion, shall see fit ? Sir, you may destroy this little institution; it is weak; it is in your hands 1 I know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country. You may put it out.... | |
 | Henry Flanders - 1874 - 572 pages
...original' use, and apply it to such ends or purposes as they, in their discretions, shall see fit?" Sir, you may destroy this little institution; it is weak; it is in your hands ! .1 know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country. You may put it out.... | |
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Sir, you may destroy this little institution ; it is weak; it is in your hands ! I know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country. You may put it out. But, if you do so, you must carry through your work! You must extinguish,... 
