367. Education
The last thirty years had also been years of progress in learning . Many colleges were founded , especialy in the North - west . There was still no institution which de - served the name of university . But more atten - tion was being paid to the sciences and to the education of men for the professions of law and medicine . The newspapers also took on their modern form . The New York Herald , founded in 1835, was the first real newspaper . But the New York Tribune , edited by Horace Greeley , had more influence than any other paper in the country . Greeley was odd in many ways , but he was one of the ablest men of the time . He called for a liberal policy in the distribution of the public lands and was forever saying ,＂ Go West , young man , go West .＂ The magazines were now very much better than in former years , and America ＇ s foremost writers were doing some of their best work .
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