T^he Days of a Man C1893 ;| 



an epigram which, with his approval, we placed on 1 

 the title page of the University Register: 



The benevolence of the Creator toward man on earth, and 

 the possibilities of humanity, are one and the same. | 



Afterward, a sentence in one of my early addresses, 

 *'A generous education is the birthright of every 

 man and woman in America," caught his attention, 

 and he asked to have that appear with the other, j 

 After his death, Mrs. Stanford wrote: 



If a firm belief in a beneficent Creator, a profound admira- ' 

 tion for Jesus of Nazareth and His teachings, and the certainty 

 of a personal life hereafter, constitute rehgion, then Leland 

 Stanford was a religious man. The narrow walls of a creed 

 could not confine him; therefore he was not a professed mem-, 

 ber of any church, for in each confession of faith he found some- 

 thing to which he could not subscribe. But for the principles of 

 religion he had a profound veneration; in his heart were the true 

 sentiments of Christianity, and he often said that in his opinion 

 the Golden Rule was the corner stone of all religion. 



Freedom As a natural outcome of this attitude he provided 

 from en- \^ ^j^g cndowmcut grant that the University was to 



tanglements , p r- ,,,... , ., , 



of church DC itee iTom all ecclesiastic ties, while at the samei 

 or party time it should teach the basic principles of religion 

 and morality. 



In the document he also directed that it should! 

 be kept free from political as well as sectarian en- 

 tanglements.^ 



In other regards, the grant concerns only educa- 



* The two provisions just noted were later more explicitly stated by Mrs-I 

 Stanford : 



"The University must be forever maintained upon a strictly non-partisan 

 and non-sectarian basis. It must never become an instrument in the hands 

 of any political party or any religious sect or organization. . . . The moral and 

 religious development of the University will be better accomplished if utterly, 

 free from all denominational alliances, however slight the bond may be. ...I 



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