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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
edited by - 1815
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Towns of New England and Old England, Ireland and Scotland ..., Part 1

State Street Trust Company (Boston, Mass.) - Cities and towns - 1920 - 242 pages
...Saviour's Church is found the following entry : — " 1607 November 29 JOHN HARVYE S. of Robt. a Butcher." set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." Although "In vain the delving antiquary tries To find the tomb where generous Harvard lies," nevertheless...
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England

Findlay Muirhead - England - 1920 - 870 pages
...Sir Walter Mildmay. " I have set an acom." he replied to Queen Elizabeth's charge of Puritanism. " which when it becomes an oak. God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." It occupies the site and incorporated the buildings of a 13th cent. Dominican priory, but its present...
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The Records of St. Bartholomew's Priory and of the Church and ..., Volume 2

Edward Alfred Webb - 1921 - 774 pages
...Puritan foundation.' To which Mildmay replied : ' No ! Madam ; 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.' In 1569 he had written to Sir William Cecil (Lord Burleigh), ' The Queen's safety and the preservation...
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The Dictionary of National Biography, Founded in 1882 by George Smith, Volume 13

Great Britain - 1922 - 1426 pages
...puritan foundation,' to which Mildmay replied: ' No, madam ; 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, Qod alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.' His statutes for the government of Emmanuel College...
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The Older Universities of England: Oxford and Cambridge

Albert Mansbridge - 1923 - 358 pages
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The Charm of Cambridge

Sydney Castle Roberts - Cambridge - 1927 - 260 pages
...Elizabeth, " I hear you have erected a puritan foundation." " No, madam," replied Sir Walter Mildmay, "far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary...oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." The acorn was Emmanuel College, founded by Sir Walter Mildmay, of Christ's in 1584, on the site previously...
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Les collèges et les progrès du libéralisme en Nouvelle-Angleterre (période ...

Charles Mollon - Liberalism - 1929 - 296 pages
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Archbishop Bernard, Professor, Prelate and Provost

Robert Henry Murray - Bishops - 1931 - 404 pages
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William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine

Virginia - 1932 - 446 pages
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William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine

United States - 1932 - 778 pages
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