Ezra Cornell
Ezra Cornell
Ezra Cornellwas an American businessman, politician, philanthropist and educational administrator. He was the founder of Western Union and a co-founder of Cornell University. He also served as President of the New York Agriculture Society and as a New York state Senator...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth11 January 1807
CityWestchester County, NY
CountryUnited States of America
men land soul
The Soul of man is made an article of merchandize by his fellow man and can such a land be happy? No! Happyness does not dwell in any land that is scard by the blighting curse of Slavery.
cousin determination practice
I was glad to hear of that determination as I detest the practice of cousins marrying or any marriage between persons in which there can be traced the most distant relationship. I go for the improvement instead of the deterioration of our race.
choices important misery
I have always considered that choosing a companion for life was a very important affair and that my happyness or misery in this life depended on the choice…
iron mind rust
Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron
american-businessman desire dispose good hope
I hope to do much good with it, but I really don't know how to dispose of it in a will so as to do the good with it that I should desire to do.
book tariffs economy
I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective tariff.
children giving wife
There is nothing I have to reflect on that gives me more satisfaction than the fact that my life is insured for the benefit of my Dear Wife and children.
children mind dear-god
My dear, the duty that devolved wholly on you in my absence of guiding and expanding the minds of our dear children is a laborious one and a responsible one.