Excerpt from An Historical Address Delivered Before the Massachusetts Agricultural College: On the Occasion of Graduating Its First Class, July 19, 1871 Dress, or ceremony, in connection with the establish ment of the College, it has been thought desirable that it should be made historical, embracing an account, not only of its or1g1n and progress, but embodying, in some tangible form for preservation, a recollection of the primary causes which prompted the pioneers and leaders of American agriculture to associate together for its advancement - a history which should be placed on record for the encouragement of future generations, as well as for the consolation of those who have borne the heat and burden of the past. 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.