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Excerpt from The Claims of the Columbian College as Seen in Its Past History and Present Condition
The earnest views of our best statesmen as to the demand for a central seat of learning and of education at the heart of our Confederacy have been almost forgotten in modern days. In his message to the first session of the second Congress, convened January 8 1790, when every thing was to be done, and various projects were to be considered, washington Spoke as follows, in regard to the importance of establishing some general system of education for the young of the new nation: Whether this desirable object will be best promoted by affording aid to Seminaries of Learning already established, by the institution Of a National University, or by any other expedients, will be well worthy of a place in the deliberations Of the legislature.
Seven years after, when nothing effectual had yet' been done, Washington thus again expressed to Congress the result of his matured convictions. Expressing his decided conviction, that a National University should be established, he 'says.
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