Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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nr ' i No ' is there much concern on the island with the ends of education, as is right, proper and cus- tomary among us, . nd though I ween that much of this is noised abroad by a small group, yet have I always found a serious and sincere attention to all the problems and concerns of the isle, and despite a surface c nicism that is a mannerism com- mon to many and almost laughable insofar as its appearance in a conversation is so predictable, most of the islanders share a keen intelligence and deep sense of morality. 10

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Notwithstanding liis strangeness to me, 1 did find Master Ludwig a most agreeable companion. He did shew me all the isle that day and did secure for me li ing quarters among the Sen ors. which were the eldest of all the students in the isle. In- deed it was an exceeding beauteous place, with many mar ellous houses and buildings, and with much jocund company the like of which I nexcr did see before and. I ween. I shall nexcr see again. Therefore I thank God for preserving my life, and for bringing me into the isle of Haverford.

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The isle asserts that it can instruct its inhabitants in the Liberal Arts, which among us means, as a great poet hath nobly expressed it, that which fits a man to perform jnstK-. skillfully, and magnani- mously all the offices both prixate and publick of Peace and War. Thus the mind must be trained diligently to grasp and rightly to judge the knowl- edge and accidents that may befall one in life, and the truest underpinning of such an education is the training of youth to know and live by a moral and religious doctrine. ■