Excerpt from Proceedings at the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe: November 11, 1901 In an age when new developments of science, great financial schemes, floods of literature, and vital national and international problems are absorbing the thoughts of mankind, the men of the past who have made the present possible may be forgotten unless we raise to them some enduring monument. Such a man was Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe. The progress achieved during the twenty-five years that have elapsed since his death has proved the intrinsic value of his wisdom and sagacity in working out practical, fundamental principles for the management of philanthropic and educational institutions. Lest his noble service should be forgotten by those who should hold it in grateful and affectionate remembrance, the graduates of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind determined to recognize in an appropriate manner the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of their great benefactor. 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.