of opposition. But his action was never guided for a single moment by any consideration of personal or party selfishness. He was inspired by nothing but the purest patriotism and benevolence from the first beginning of his public career to the hour of its close. Memorials In 1868, students of the new Cornell University debated whether to call its first literary society, "The John Bright Brotherhood" or the "Irving Literary Society". New York State's recently deceased native son received the honours, but not before Bright was inducted as its first honorary member. The library at Bootham School is named in his honour. In 1928, the Brooks-Bryce Foundation donated significant funds to the Princeton University Library for a collection of materials on the life and times of John Bright, in honour of the statesman. The Foundation also donated funds for an outdoor pulpit to be added to Princeton Chapel, also in honour of Bright. His name is given to John Bright Street in Birmingham, his statue is in the collection of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and to the secondary school Ysgol John Bright in Llandudno, North Wales. The town of Bright in Victoria, Australia, is named in his honour. Legacy Historian A. J. P. Taylor has summarized Bright's achievements: John Bright was the greatest of all parliamentary orators. He had many political successes. Along with Richard Cobden, he conducted the campaign which led to the repeal of the Corn Laws. He did more than any other man to prevent the intervention of this country (Britain) on the side of the South during the American Civil War, and he headed the reform agitation in 1867 which brought the industrial working class within the pale of the constitution. It was Bright who made possible the Liberal party of Gladstone, Asquith and Lloyd George, and the alliance between middle class idealism and trade unionism, which he promoted, still lives in the present-day Labour Party. Bibliography John Bright, Speeches of John Bright, M. P., on the American question (1865) online John Bright, Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, ed. J.E.T. Rogers, 2 vols. (1869). John Bright, Public Addresses, ed. by J.E. Thorold Rogers, 8 vols (1879). John Bright, Public Letters of the Right Hon. John Bright, MP., ed. by H.J. Leech (1885) online John Bright. Selected Speeches Of John Bright On Public Questions (1914 ) online John Bright, The Diaries of John Bright, ed.