4 Matching Annotations
- Dec 2017
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engagements2017-18.as.virginia.edu engagements2017-18.as.virginia.edu
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I think this assignment is pointless. making random annotations on a random document does not teach me anything. this has been a waste of time.
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I do not like the structure of this document. it is too long and confusing to read.
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- Oct 2017
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engagements2017-18.as.virginia.edu engagements2017-18.as.virginia.edu
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These are the objects of that higher grade of education, the benefits & blessings of which the legislature now propose to provide for the good & ornament of their country the gratification & happiness of their fellow citizens, of the parent especially & his progeny on which all his affections are concentrated.
this sentence says that education can bring happiness
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The 1st. duty enjoined on them was to enquire & report a site in some convenient & proper part of the state for an University, to be called the “University of Virginia.”In this enquiry they supposed that the governing considerations should be the healthiness of the site, the fertility of the neighbouring country, and it’s centrality to the white population of the whole state
this sentence says that the location for the university was chosen because it was where a lot of white people lived. It helps me understand why the demographic is the way that it is.
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