When the people connected with this institution can bring themselves up to that point, I have no fear for the success of the institution; and it can succeed only as they do bring their consciences up to that point.
Washington expresses confidence in the institution's success if its members uphold their moral responsibilities.
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This problem Harvard University is solving, not by bringing itself down, but by bringing the masses up.
The more I come into contact with wealthy people, the more I believe that they are growing in the direction of looking upon their money simply as an instrument which God has placed in their hand for doing good with.
In the economy of God there is but one standard by which an individual can succeed—there is but one for a race.
By it a race must rise or fall, succeed or fail, and in the last analysis mere sentiment counts for little.