...— "it being understood, that every encouragement be given to the serious, impartial, and unbiassed investigation of Christian truth ; and that no assent to the peculiarities of any denomination be required either of the Students, or Professors, or Instructors." With the additional endowment thus...

...intervals. It is, then, not surprising that the founders of the Harvard Divinity School should have declared that no assent "to the peculiarities of any denomination of Christians shall be required of the students or instructors." 18 Kirkland, Channing, and Thacher were named a committee of three...

...evidenced by the sentence contained within the school's Act of Incorporation: ". . . and provided, also, that no assent to the peculiarities of any denomination of Christians shall be required of the beneficiaries of said Society; and that no discouragement be, in any manner or form, given to...

...Scriptures,' and ' so as that every encouragement shall be given to the serious, impartial, and unbiassed investigation of Christian truth,' and ' that no assent...peculiarities of any denomination of Christians shall ever be required,' — while, I say, it is no longer restricted, in the terms of its Constitution,...