University and historical addresses, delivered during a residence in the United States as Ambassador of Great Britain

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The beginnings of Virginia; What University instruction may do to provide intellectual pleasures for later life; Landing of the Pilgrims in 1620; The influence of national character and historical environment on the development of the Common Law; Conditions and methods of Legislation; Thomas Jefferson: third president of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia; Missions past and present; The mission of State Universities; The Art of Augustus Saint-Gaudens; Architecture and History; Character and career of Abraham Lincoln; The Scoto-Irish race in Ulster and in America; What a University may do for a State; Allegiance the humanity; Tercentenary of the discovery of Lake Champlain; Some hints on public speaking; Special and general education in Universities; Study of Ancient literature; On the writing and teaching of history; Some hints on reading; National Parks - the need of the future; The Constitution of the United States 26
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