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" far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof. "
The General Biographical Dictionary - Page 154
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Liber Cantabrigiensis, an Account of the Aids Afforded to Poor Students, the ...

Robert Potts - Scholarships - 1855 - 588 pages
...have erected a Puritan foundation." "No, Madam," saithhe; "far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set...oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." " Sure I am," adds Fuller, " at this day it hath overshadowed all the University, more than a moiety...
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Liber Cantabrigiensis, an Account of the Aids Afforded to Poor Students, the ...

Robert Potts - Scholarships - 1855 - 588 pages
...erected •& Puritan foundation." " No, Madam," saith he; " far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set...becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thercof." " Sure I am," adds Fuller, " at this day it hath overshadowed all the University, more than...
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The American Journal of Education and College Review, Volume 3

Education - 1857 - 470 pages
...Elizabeth, told him : ' Sir Walter, I hear you have erected a Puritan foundation ?' ' No,' eaith he, ' far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary...oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof,' " We know, in part at least, what has been the fruit thereof. The magistrates and ministers, the political...
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The American Journal of Education and College Review, Volume 2

Education - 1856 - 732 pages
...said to him : " Sir Walter, I hear you have erected a Puritan foundation." " No, madam," saith he, " far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary...becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit {hereof." That acorn was planted in faith— in the full belief that it would become an oak, and, evidently,...
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A New General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 10

Hugh James Rose - Biography - 1857 - 546 pages
...queen told him, ' Sir Walter, I hear you have erected a puritan foundation.' ' No madam,' saith he, ' far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary to your established laws ; but 1 have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.'...
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The American Journal of Education, Volume 4

Education - 1857 - 882 pages
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The American Journal of Education, Volume 4

Education - 1857 - 880 pages
...ho said to Queen Elizabeth, who was suspicious of the puritan tendencies of some of the professors, "I have set an acorn, which, when it becomes an oak, God only knows what will be the fruit thereof," The fruit borne by this college was far from being acceptable...
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Of the Light of Nature

Nathanael Culverwel - Religion - 1857 - 372 pages
...Cambridge.' ' Madam,' said Sir Walter, ' far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your Majesty's established laws; but I have set an acorn, which, when it becomes nn oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.' Its growth was rapid, and its produce rich...
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Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle

Missions - 1859 - 970 pages
...presbyter. The knight replied to his royal mistress, " No, far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws ; but I have set...oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." This was in the year 1685, when he had just founded Emanuel College, at Cambridge, which did, in fact,...
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Permanent Documents of the Society for the Promotion of Collegiate ..., Volume 3

Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education - Church and education - 1860 - 704 pages
...Elizabeth, told him : ' Sir Walter, I hear you have erected a Puritan, foundation ?' ' No,' saith he, ' far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary...God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.'" We know, in part at least, what has Iccn the fruit thereof. The magistrates and ministers, the political...
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