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Excerpt from Address Delivered Before the Rhode-Island Historical Society: At the Opening of Their Cabinet, on Wednesday, Nov 20, 1844 Gentlemen of the Historical Society: We have come together to celebrate an event which may well form an era in the history of our society - the completion and opening of the chaste and commodious structure, which is henceforth to become the permanent depository of our collections for Rhode-Island history. - The occasion, though far removed from the exciting scenes that ordinarily occupy the attention of men in this bustling and restless age, is yet one which holds high and important connections with the dignity, the prosperity and the fame of the City and of the State. Let us then turn aside, for a brief time, from the engrossing occupations of every day life, to consider the purposes of our association, and, at this new altar, to kindle afresh our devotion to the objects to which it is to-day to be for ever consecrated. They are objects which intimately concern some of the best interests of society, and they earnestly appeal to some of the noblest sympathies of our intellectual and spiritual nature. The care which preserves the materials for a people's history, is characteristic only of advanced stages of civilization, and a high degree of social and intellectual culture. 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.

Considerations respecting the history of education in Rhode Island.