This is another interesting statement to consider. It is obviously true that it is important to instill self respect and order in a country, but it's intriguing to think about how it came to be a reality. Looking back and seeing the struggle that women and people of minority races went through to get to where we are now, it is hard to admit that the University was not at the forefront of social progression for a long while. Once we started admitting women and people of non-caucasian races, we finally began to move forward in society.

It is so interesting to see the evolution of the sciences from this time to now. "Vegetable pharmacy" can be compared to (maybe) botany or something of the like, and it is so interesting to think about the fact that there were still plants to be discovered at that time. With global warming and the recent environmental catastrophes, it is saddening to think that there used to be species that existed that are no longer here to be studied.

Of course, at the time observing with intelligence all the social relations was a moot point considering the fact that slavery was still legal. Now, however, we still strive to achieve this end, hoping to observe the outside world and social relations with acceptance and keen eyes, as well as intelligence and faithfulness (albeit not necessarily faithfulness towards a God).

It's important to note that, while it is impossible to have a lawn stretch infinitely (even in the metaphorical sense, as no one could have predicted the city that Charlottesville has become), Old Cabell Hall was built to replace an annex that burned down in the 1850s. This means that the lawn was boxed in almost immediately following the creation of the university. http://www.virginia.edu/webmap/popPages/67-CabellOld.html