THE

LECTURES

DELIVERED BEFORE THE

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION,

AT

BOSTON, MASS., AUGUST 21, 1860,

INCLUDING

THE JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS,

AND

A LIST OF THE OFFICERS.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF CENSORS.

BOSTON:

TICKNOR AND FIELDS,

Corner of Washington and School Streets.

1861.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1861, by

TICKNOR AND FIELDS,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

CAMBRIDGE: MILES AND DILLINGHAM.

THE NECESSITY OF EDUCATION IN A FREE

STATE. BY M. T. BROWN, Esq., .

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