Ezra Cornell

Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

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There is nothing I have to reflect on that gives me more satisfaction than the fact that my life is insured for the benefit of my Dear Wife and children. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

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Enquire what the effect of large endowments are upon colleges. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

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I have a fine lot of telescopes. I have one with which I can see the Mountains in the Moon. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

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I have always considered that choosing a companion for life was a very important affair and that my happyness or misery in this life depended on the choice. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

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I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective tariff. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

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I want to go where I can be of the most service to the general enterprise. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

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In 1844, there was a balance of perhaps of a couple of thousand dollars on the cr side. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

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My dear, the duty that devolved wholly on you in my absence of guiding and expanding the minds of our dear children is a laborious one and a responsible one. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

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The Soul of man is made an article of merchandize by his fellow man and can such a land be happy? No! Happyness does not dwell in any land that is scard by the blighting curse of Slavery. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

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