Abstract :
THE Institute, meeting here in convention on the “stern and rock bound coast” of New England, finds itself on historic ground. In this region are located many battle fields, of arms and of intellect, that have left their deep impress on our civilization. The battle fields of arms are marked by monuments that are now shrines of an appreciative people. The battles of the intellect, though often accompanied by bloodshed, are not so well remembered. Bunker Hill is fresher in our minds than are Salem and Roger Williams, yet Williams´ heroic struggle for freedom of thought paved the way for that later struggle marked by the shaft on Bunker Hill.
