Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Inaugural Address Delivered by Samuel Harris at His Induction Into the Presidency of Bowdoin College, August 6, 1867
There is a ?oating impression that the diffusion of knowledge is all that is needed in a Republic. Already enthusiastic editors have predicted a good time coming when books will no longer be published or read, and the newspaper will be the only and the sufficient lite rature.
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