Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Biographical History of Massachusetts, Vol. 5: Biographies and Autobiographies of the Leading Men in the State
The first settlers Of Massachusetts, however, as a class were better educated and more generously disposed than the founders Of the other American colonies, and through their superior intelligence and philanthropy they succeeded in organizing an advanced system of public instruction, which, in its natural evolution, has proved Of inestimable service in the education Of men and women. The Wise foresight and generosity Of these colonists in respect to educa tion appear in their first communal acts.
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