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I would suggest to Congress the propriety of promoting the establishment in this District of an institution of learning, or university of the highest class, by the donation of lands.
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gutenberg.orgUlysses S. Grant: “I would suggest to Congress the propriety of promoting the establishment in this District of an institution of learning…”
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Grant proposes the establishment of a high-class educational institution in Washington, D.C.
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