The Progress of Learning

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Excerpt from The Progress of Learning: A PoemTo the Rev. J. A. D. Barnard, S.T.D., L.L.D., L.W.D., the Learned and Rebered President of Columbia College, this volume is admiringly dedicated.By his appointment the poem was written and read, as a part of the official festivities in celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the re-chartering of old King's College, New York, and its change of name to Columbia College, by the Legislature of the State of New York, in the year 1787.As an Essay the author hopes his labor may have some value to his undergraduate friends in his Alma Mater, - at least to the Freshmen, although he fears the Rhadamanthine severity of the Sophomores. He only humbly asks that they will not be too hard on him.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.