Seth Low Quotes


The great city can teach something that no university by itself can altogether impart: a vivid sense of the largeness of human brotherhood, a vivid sense of man's increasing obligation to man; a vivid sense of our absolute dependence on one another.


Citations

Low, Seth. "Address of President Low." Proceedings at the Installation of Seth Low, LL.D. as President of Columbia College in the City of New York, February 3, 1890, Printed for the College, 1890, p. 57.

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Seth Low
Seth Low
  • Born: January 18, 1850
  • Died: September 17, 1916
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Educator

Seth Low was an American educator and political figure who served as the 23rd Mayor of Brooklyn, President of Columbia University, diplomatic representative of the United States, and was the 92nd Mayor of New York City. He was a leading municipal reformer fighting for efficiency during the Progressive Era.