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INDEX 



Cornell idea, 1850-1865, evolution of, i. 

 287-293; Hobart College, reading of 

 Huber and Newman s book on English 

 universities, i. 287 ; began to dream of 

 the ideal university, i. 288; influence of 

 Yale College, i. 289 ; of Bristed s &quot; Five 

 Years in an English University,&quot; 

 i 290; opinion of chemical investiga 

 tions, i. 290 ; influence of English col 

 lege life and the French university-lec 

 ture system, i. 290, 291 ; ideal realized at 

 Berlin, i. 291 ; partly realized in Mich 

 igan, i. 292 ; plans for faculty, site, and 

 endowment, i. 292 ; sympathy of G. W. 

 Curtis, i. 292 ; failure to interest Gerrit 

 Smith, i. 293 ; project first presented 

 to Ezra Cornell and his offer, i. 298; 

 the name of the university proposed 

 by W., i. 299 

 Cornell University 

 Administrative duties, i. 414, 427, 431, 



432 

 Attacks on, by smaller colleges, for 



irreligion, i. 422-426 

 Bells, gift of, i. 386, ii. 454 

 Charter, efforts for, in the legislature, 

 i. 300-305, 331 ; use of the word &quot;per 

 son,&quot; i. 398 



Coeducation, allusion to, in opening 

 address, i. 398; report on, to trus 

 tees, i. 401 



Degrees, opinion on, i. 389, 390 

 Deprived of family, which lived at 



Syracuse, i. 433 



Discipline of students, i. 348-351 

 Evolution of the Cornell idea, i. 287- 

 293 ; his life s ambition,!. 6, 224 ; need 

 of a university, presented to Ezra 

 Cornell, i. 298 

 Financial difficulties, 1868-1874, i. 412- 



421 



Gateway, erection of, i. 442 

 Historical lectures by W., i. 381; ef 

 forts to establish a professorship of 

 American history, i. 383 

 Lecture-room work, his love for, i. 432, 



433 



Memorials, i. 407-409 

 Name of university suggested by W., 



i. 299 



Opening day, his speech, i. 315, 341-344 

 Plan of organization, i. 146, 306, 330- 



374, 435, 436 

 Preachership, selections for the, i. 403- 



405, ii. 564 



Presidency, i. 307, 334 

 Resignation as president, i. 439; trip 

 to Europe, i. 441 ; continued rela 

 tions with university, i. 442 

 Scholarships and gratuitous instruc 

 tion, i. 391-395, 416 



Trip to Europe in 1868, i. 150, 309, 317, 338 

 Trustee and member of executive 



committee, i. 440 

 Vacations, good effect of, on health, i. 



434-438 

 Degrees from Oxford and St. Andrews, 



ii. 208, 210 



Education at primary school, i. 7 ; Syra 

 cuse Academy, i. 8 ; &quot; classical school,&quot; 

 i. 12 ; Geneva College, i. 17 ; Yale Col 

 lege, i. 26; in Paris, i. 34; at Univer 

 sity of Berlin, i. 39 ; trip to Italy, i. 40 

 Electoral College of 1872, a member of, 



and use of seal ring, i. 174 

 Essays, lectures, addresses, etc. : &quot;The 

 Greater Distinctions in Statesman 

 ship,&quot; Yale essay, i. 32 ; &quot; The Diplo 

 matic History of Modern Times,&quot; Yale 

 essay, i. 32 ; &quot; Modern Oracles,&quot; Com 

 mencement Day speech at Yale, i. 70; 



&quot; Civilization in Russia,&quot; his first pub 

 lic lecture, i. 80, 82, ii. 488 ; &quot; States 

 manship of Richelieu &quot; appeared in the 

 &quot;Atlantic Monthly,&quot; i. 84, ii. 488; &quot;A 

 Word from the Northwest&quot; in reply 

 to Dr. Russell s letters in the London 

 &quot; Times,&quot; i. 94, 99, ii. 489 ; &quot; The Great 

 est Foe of Republics,&quot; Yale com 

 mencement address, i. 127, ii. 489; 

 &quot;Cathedral Builders and Mediaeval 

 Sculptors,&quot; address at Yale, i. 127, ii. 

 488; &quot;The New Germany,&quot; address 

 before the Geographical Society, i. 

 198, ii. 508; &quot; The Message of the Nine- 

 teenth Century to the Twentieth,&quot; ad 

 dress at Yale, i. 200, ii. 494; &quot;Contri 

 butions of Germany to American 

 Civilization,&quot; i. 230, ii. 490; &quot;Causes 

 of the French Revolution,&quot; lectures 

 at Stanford University, i. 236, ii. 490; 

 &quot;Paper Money Inflation in France,&quot; 

 i. 113-117, 238, ii. 490; &quot;The True Con 

 duct of Student Life,&quot; address at Cor 

 nell University, 1.244; &quot;German In 

 struction in General History,&quot; pub 

 lished in the &quot;New Englander,&quot; i. 256, 

 ii. 488; &quot;A Patriotic Investment,&quot; 

 address at Yale, ii. 214, 503; &quot;The 

 Diplomatic Service of the United 

 States,&quot; &quot;Democracy and Educa 

 tion,&quot; &quot;Evolution vs. Revolution in 

 Politics,&quot; &quot;The Problem of High 

 Crime in the United States,&quot; ii. 460, 

 503-505 ; &quot; Jefferson and Slavery &quot; pub 

 lished in the &quot;Atlantic Monthly,&quot; ii. 

 488 ; &quot;Do the Spoils Belong to the Vic 

 tor?&quot; published in &quot;North American 

 Review,&quot; ii. 493; &quot;Evolution of Hu 

 manity in Criminal Law,&quot; ii. 495-497; 

 evolution of &quot; The History of the War 

 fare of Science with Theology,&quot; i. 425, 

 ii. 394, 427, 456, 494, 495, 500 



Free-trade ideas, i. 270, 271, 379, 380 



Governorship of New York, proposed 

 nomination for, i. 201 



Hague Peace Conference, 1899, presi 

 dent of the American delegation, ii. 

 251, 253; diary of the conference, ii. 

 252-354 ; &quot; House in the Wood,&quot; ii. 256 ; 

 queer letters and crankish proposals 

 received, ii. 261, 273, 285 ; organization 

 of the conference, ii. 263 ; instructions 

 from the State Department, ii. 253, 

 266, 271 ; presentation to the Queen of 

 Holland, ii. 267, 331 ; American delega 

 tion lays wreath of gold and silver 

 upon tomb of Grotius, ii. 291, 316-318, 

 320, 326, 327, 329, 330 ; conversation with 

 Count Miinster regarding the attitude 

 of the German Emperor toward arbi 

 tration, ii. 301-306, 308 ; Holls sent to 

 Berlin with letter to Von Biilow, ii. 

 309-314, 316-318; speech on the immu 

 nity of private property on the high 

 seas, ii. 328; signing of the conven 

 tions, ii. 343, 346 ; seal used, ii. 345 ; re 

 port to the State Department, ii. 346- 

 347 



Historical studies, influence of Scott 

 and first apprehension of principles 

 underlying history, i. 15, 16; reading 

 of D Aubigu^ s &quot;History of the Ref 

 ormation ^^ to study and teaching 

 of modern history, i. 24; studies at 

 Yale, i. 30, ii. 486 ; Paris student days, 

 i. 34; studies while in St. Petersburg 

 with Minister Seymour, i. 38 ; at Uni 

 versity of Berlin, i. 39 ; in Italy, i. 41 ; 

 while professor at University of Mich 

 igan, i. 42 ; effect of Stanley s &quot; Life of 

 Arnold,&quot; i. 256 



