...England. Talk about making the case for a college : After God had carried us safe to J\[ew England, and had builded our houses, provided necessaries for our...government: one of the next things we longed for, and loo\ed after was to advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity; dreading to leave an illiterate...

...published in 1643 to create a favorable impression of the New England experiment in the mother country: After God had carried us safe to New England, and...looked after was to advance Learning and perpetuate it to posterity, dreading to leave an illiterate ministry to the churches when our present ministers shall...

...the fledgling college. The purpose of Harvard's founders is touchingly summarized in their statement: "After God had carried us safe to New England, and...houses, provided necessaries for our liveli-hood, rear'd convenient places for Gods worship and settled the Civili Government; One of the next things...

...provided necessaries for our livli-hood, rear'd convenient places for Gods worship, and setled the Civill Government: one of the next things we longed for,...looked after was to advance Learning and perpetuate it to Posterity; dreading to leave an illiterate Ministery to the Churches, when our present Minsters...

...and more especially to train a ministerial class: "After God had carried us safe to New England . . . One of the next things we longed for, and looked after was to advance Learning and perpetuate it to Posterity; dreading to leave an illiterate Ministery [sic] to the Churches, when our present Ministers...

...founding of Harvard from New England's First Fruits 1 1643) has heen often quoted, hut deserves repeating: After God had carried us safe to New England and we had huilded our houses, provided necessaries for our livelihood, reared convenient places for Cod's worship,...

...necessaries for our liveli-hood, 1. / ^ rear'd convenient places for Gods worship, and setled the Civill .Government: One of the next things we longed for,...looked after was to advance Learning and perpetuate it to Posterity; dreading to leave an illiterate Minister/ to the Churches, when our present Ministers...

...provided necessaries for our liveli-hood, rear'd convenient places for Gods worship, and setled the Civill Government: One of the next things we longed for,...looked after was to advance Learning and perpetuate it to Posterity; . . . the Colledge was, by common consent, appointed to be at Cambridge, (a place very...

...was the school's first president. On the wall at the main entrance to the university is inscribed: After God had carried us safe to New England, and...our houses, provided necessaries for our livelihood, rear'd convenient places for God's worship, and settled the civil government: One of the next things...

...college in America for about sixty years. Its founding is described in New England's First Fruits (1643): after God had carried us safe to New England, and...had builded our houses, provided necessaries for our livlihood, rear'd convenient places for Gods worship, and settled the Civil Government; one of the...