Tributes to the Memory of Robert C. Winthrop
Tributes to the Memory of Robert C. Winthrop
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Winthrop in regard to the matter ; and for the successful beginning of his great bene- faction it was fortunate that Mr. Peabody had the advice of such a counsellor, which on the one side was freely given, and on the other as readily accepted. At an early day an Act of Incorporation was obtained from the Legislature of the State of New York, under which his almoners were cre- ated a body by the name and title of ** The Trustees of the Peabody Education Fund." By this Act Mr. Winthrop was 18 . T...BIBUTBS TO THB MEHOBT OF made permanent Chairman of the Board ; and it is needless to say that the duties of an office were never better or more con- scientiously performed. His care and forethought were seen equally in the larger affairs of the Trust, and in the details of its minutest business. No subject ever came up for consider- ation which did not receive his most thoughtful attention, and his counsels always carried great weight. Outside of the domestic circle, his loss will be felt nowhere to a greater degree than among the members of that corporation, who looked to him for practical suggestions.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Winthrop in regard to the matter ; and for the successful beginning of his great bene- faction it was fortunate that Mr. Peabody had the advice of such a counsellor, which on the one side was freely given, and on the other as readily accepted. At an early day an Act of Incorporation was obtained from the Legislature of the State of New York, under which his almoners were cre- ated a body by the name and title of ** The Trustees of the Peabody Education Fund." By this Act Mr. Winthrop was 18 . T...BIBUTBS TO THB MEHOBT OF made permanent Chairman of the Board ; and it is needless to say that the duties of an office were never better or more con- scientiously performed. His care and forethought were seen equally in the larger affairs of the Trust, and in the details of its minutest business. No subject ever came up for consider- ation which did not receive his most thoughtful attention, and his counsels always carried great weight. Outside of the domestic circle, his loss will be felt nowhere to a greater degree than among the members of that corporation, who looked to him for practical suggestions.
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