"No reforms can be effected in Oxford, that no substantial advance in carrying out her work in the world can be made, that she cannot be expected to rise to the level of her great traditions, or her still greater opportunities, unless larger resources are placed at her disposal. It is for these resources that we appeal to-day; and we address that appeal first to old Oxford men, who will be guided by their pride in her traditions and their jealousy for her honour; and, secondly, to the large outside field, not necessarily possessing any Oxford connection, who, we hope, will see in this ancient and famous Institution, if revivified and re-endowed, a potent instrument for moulding the character and increasing the usefulness of the Anglo-Saxon race."
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Lord Curzon, speech in London (16 May 1907), quoted in Subjects of the Day: Being a Selection of Speeches and Writings by Earl Curzon of Kedleston, ed. Desmond M. Chapman-Huston (1915), p. 143
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