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well-being of any country depends much upon the culture of
her women, and I have done what I could to found a college
that would provide for women thorough and liberal
education, so that for them the highest motives may become
clear purposes and fixed habits of life; and I desire that
the instruction and influence of Converse College be
always such that the students may be enabled to see
clearly, decide wisely, and to act justly; and that they
may learn to love God and humanity, and be faithful
to truth and duty, so that their influence may be
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It is also my desire and hope that
Converse College be always truly religious, but never
denominational. I believe that religion is essential to
all that is purest and best in life, here and hereafter. I
wish the College to be really, but liberally and
tolerantly, Christian; for I believe that the revelation
of God in Christ is for salvation; and I commend and
commit the College to the love and guidance of God, and to
the care, sympathy, and fidelity of my fellowmen." |
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—Dexter Edgar Converse |
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