IX 



ADDRESS ON UNIVERSITY EDUCATION 1 



[1876] 



THE actual work of the University founded in 

 this city by the well-considered munificence of 

 Johns Hopkins commences to-morrow, and among 

 the many marks of confidence and good-will 

 which have been bestowed upon me in the United 

 States, there is none which I value more highly 

 than that conferred by the authorities of the 

 University when they invited me to deliver an 

 address on such an occasion. 



For the event which has brought us together 

 is, in many respects, unique. A vast property is 

 handed over to an administrative body, hampered 



1 Delivered at the formal opening of the Johns Hopkins 

 University at Baltimore, U.S., September 12. The total amount 

 bequeathed by Johns Hopkins is more than 7,000,000 dollars. 

 The sum of 3,500,000 dollars is appropriated to a university, a 

 like sum to a hospital, and the rest to local institutions of 

 education and charity. 



