|  | The University of Virginia record March 15, 1930 |  | 

FOUNDED 
BY 
THOMAS JEFFERSON
"A SYSTEM OF GENERAL INSTRUCTION, WHICH 
SHALL REACH EVERY DESCRIPTION OF OUR CITIZENS 
FROM THE RICHEST TO THE POOREST, AS IT WAS THE 
EARLIEST, SO IT WILL BE THE LATEST OF ALL PUBLIC 
CONCERNS IN WHICH I SHALL PERMIT MYSELF TO 
TAKE AN INTEREST."
"I AM CLOSING THE LAST SCENE OF MY LIFE BY 
FASHIONING AND FOSTERING AN ESTABLISHMENT FOR 
THE INSTRUCTION OF THOSE WHO COME AFTER US. 
I HOPE THAT ITS INFLUENCE ON THEIR VIRTUE, FREEDOM, 
FAME, AND HAPPINESS WILL BE SALUTARY AND 
PERMANENT."
|  | The University of Virginia record March 15, 1930 |  | 

