Excerpt from Washington as a Center of LearningThus it was, at the very beginning of our struggle for liberty - before the formal Declaration of Inde pendence had been issued, - that Washington first gave expression to his patriotic and noble idea of a national American university. The establishment of such an institution at the Capital of the United States became one of his most ardent hopes in after years, and he never neglected an opportunity to urge its importance upon Congress and his fellow-states men. His untiring interest in the project was based upon his exalted opinion of the value of education as a factor in the upbuilding of the new Republic. In his message to Congress on January 8, 1790, he wrote.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.