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" far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof. "
The Monthly Magazine - Page 37
1804
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Commemoration of the Threehundredth Anniversary of the Foundation, 1884

Emmanuel College (University of Cambridge) - 1884 - 118 pages
...replied, "far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws, but I have set an acorn, which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the frtiit thereof." Thus far the conversation has been often repeated, but the sequel is, we believe,...
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A Life of Joseph Hall, D.D., Bishop of Exeter and Norwich

George Lewis - 1886 - 474 pages
...Madam, far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws ; but I have set an acorn which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." Elsewhere he says, " We have founded the College, with the design that it should be, by the grace of...
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Cambridge: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes

John Willis Clark - 1890 - 344 pages
...replied ; " far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws ; but I have set an acorn, which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." The charter granted to him by the Cjueen is dated nth of January, 1584. Therein his foundation is described...
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Social Studies in England

Sarah Knowles Bolton - 1893 - 212 pages
...madam ; far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn, which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." America is showing the fruit in a great host scattered from the Atlantic to the Pacific, who love right...
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Life and Sermons of Jonathan Allen . .

Abigail Ann Allen - 1894 - 446 pages
...she said to him, "Sir Walter, I hear you have erected a Puritan foundation." He replied, " I have set an acorn, which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." Emanual College proved to be the nursery of Puritanism, and the source from which emanated much of...
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Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 37

Leslie Stephen - 1894 - 476 pages
...madam ; fur be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws ; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.' His statutes for the government of Emmanuel College bear date 1 Oct. 1585. They are at tested oy his...
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Life and Sermons of Jonathan Allen . .

Abigail Ann Maxson Allen - 1894 - 444 pages
...she said to him, "Sir Walter, I hear you have erected a Puritan foundation." He replied, "I have set an acorn, which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the frt1it thereof." Kmanual College proved to be the nursery of Puritanism, and the source from which...
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The Visitor's Guide to Cambridge...being the Ninth Edition of Railway ...

William White (sub-librarian of Trinity college, Cambridge.) - 1896 - 364 pages
...madam, far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws, but I have set an acorn, which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." The College was soon after this established by Sir Walter Mildmay, who gave to it a code of statutes,...
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Source-book of English History: For the Use of Schools and Readers

Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1900 - 526 pages
...Madam, far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws ; but I have set an acorn which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." how will that stand with the Queen's Honour, and with the Requests of the French and Spanish Kings,...
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Life, Volume 40

1902 - 640 pages
...said what Sir Walter Mlldmay. the founder of Emmanuel College, said to Queen Elizabeth. 'I have set an acorn which, when it becomes an oak. God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.' " is the Inscription at the back of the Harvard College plate In the historical series engraved for...
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