If this boy passes the examinations he will be admitted; and if the while students choose to withdraw, all the income of the college will be devoted to his education.
Source: Responding to protest against admission to Harvard of a black student, 1848.
-- Edward Everett, (Apr 11 1794-1865), US statesman, orator; He is remembered ironically for delivering the main speech preceding President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863; pres. Harvard U., 1846-49.