Address Delivered By Edward Atkinson At The Opening Of The Second Annual Fair Of The New England Manufacturers And Mechanics Institute In Boston Wednesday September 6 1882

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Excerpt from Address Delivered by Edward Atkinson: At the Opening of the Second Annual Fair of the New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute, in Boston, Wednesday, September 6, 1882 Mr. President, Gentlemen of the New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute, Ladies and Gentlemen, - I have been asked to open this Fair with an address which shall indicate the purposes and methods of its work, as they are defined in the minds of those who founded this Association: I will come directly to the subject without taking up your time with any further introduction. I shall speak without much regard to the danger of being dry or abstruse, but will endeavor, as far as in me lies, to present thoughts which will be, at least in some degree, commensurate with the importance of the occasion. I shall not hesitate to reiterate some statements to which I have previously called attention, but which can hardly be too often presented. I shall spare you statistics as much as possible: they will be found in the notes if this address is published. The purpose of this Fair is instruction in the application of science to the useful arts. In what manner and to what extent this purpose may yet be developed, depends upon the way in which it is sustained by exhibitors and by the public. Its method is to bring annually into public notice all the recent improvements in machinery, tools, and appliances, to which the inventors, promoters, or owners desire to call attention, with a view to their general introduction. Its medal is a dollar, earned in recompense for a service rendered. It is based upon the simple and fundamental yet little-understood principle, that, in all true commerce, men serve each other. It also gives to sections, to states, to railway corporations, and to individuals, the opportunity to bring here, and spread. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.