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> A few of us would be fantastically wealthy and powerful, but even they would be limited by living in a violent world populated by uneducated and over-exploite
by ahomescu1 12y ago
> A few of us would be fantastically wealthy and powerful, but even they would be limited by living in a violent world populated by uneducated and over-exploited masses incapable of doing things like getting an education and finding their own passions that lead to innovation, invention, and creativity.
I'd like to point out that Harvard University precedes the United States by 140 years (1636 -> 1776), and the government before 1776 wasn't exactly "for the people".
- kiiski 12y agoWhat kind of students did Harvard have back then? Was it mainly rich upper class people, or people from "the people" too?
- ahomescu1 12y agoFrom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University, about Harvard (known then as New College): Although never formally affiliated with any denomination, the early College primarily trained Congregationalist and Unitarian clergy. Also notable is this list (note how many Ivies have been around since then): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Colonial_Colleges https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Colonial_Colleges