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 371804Full view - About this book
| W. Cunningham - 190 pages
...might have used the words of Sir Walter Mildmay, the founder of Emmanuel, who claimed that "he had set an acorn which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof1." John Harvard was anxious that the young men of the Bay State should have the opportunity... | |
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