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delivered during a residence in the United States as ambassador of Great Britain
The beginnings of Virginia.--What university instruction may do to provide intellectual pleasures for later life.--The landing of the Pilgrims in 1620.--The influence of national character and historical environment on the development of the common law.--The 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.--The character and career of Abraham Lincoln.--The Scotch-Irish race in Ulster and in America.--What a university may do for a state.--Allegiance to humanity.--The tercentenary of the discovery of lake Champlain.--Some hints on public speaking.--Special and general education in universities.--The 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.