Bostonia 1903 1905

Author : Boston University
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331263480
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (634 download)

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Download or read book Bostonia, 1903-1905 written by Boston University and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bostonia, 1903-1905: Volumes 4-5 Of 6163 Massadhtlsgtt Institute of Technology makes the point that an institution is bound, at the least, to take 1nto consideration the conditions attached to a gift. Suppose, he writes, that William M. Tweed, in the heyday of his career, had come to the authorities of Columbia and said, Here is a million dollars to found a school of political science which is to bear my name.' Columbia could not have accepted that gift and maintained its moral leadership. In other words, there is a line of demar cation, not always hard to distinguish, which separates the gift which may be accepted from that which may not; but this line cannot be drawn by inquiry into the origin of these gifts, but is rather revealed by the conditions which are attached to them. When the acceptance of a gift carries with it a tacit excuse for past misdeeds, when it involves the placing of a name which stands for violated law and disregard of the rights of men side by side with the names of the great and of the unself ish, when it implies the recognition of a false measure of success, a thing most common in our American life, then the college which. 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.