on," said as follows:

The Chautauqua movement as conceived by its
leaders is a great movement for cultivating an
avocation apart from the main business of life,
not only giving larger vision, better intellectual
training, but giving more earnest desire and
greater ability to serve and grow through the
vocation.

This from Dr. William T. Harris, United States Commissioner of
Education:

Think of one hundred thousand persons of mature
age following up a well-selected course of reading
for four years in science and literature, kindling
their torches at a central flame! Think of the
millions of friends and neighbors of this hundred
thousand made to hear of the new ideas and of the
inspirations that result to the workers!

It is a part of the great missionary movement that
began with Christianity and moves onward with
Christian civilization.

I congratulate all members of Chautauqua Reading
Circles on their connection with this great
movement which has begun under such favorable
auspices and has spread so widely, is already
world-historical, and is destined to unfold so
many new phases.

Prof. Albert S. Cook, of Yale University, wrote in _The Forum_:

As nearly as I can formulate it, the Chautauqua
Idea is something like this: A fraternal,
enthusiastic, methodical, and sustained attempt to
elevate, enrich, and inspire the individual life
in its entirety, by an appeal to the curiosity,
hopefulness, and ambition of those who would
otherwise be debarred from the greatest
opportunities of culture and spiritual
advancement. To this end, all uplifting and
stimulating forces, whether secular or religious,
are made to conspire in their impact upon the
person whose weal is sought. . . . Can we wonder
that Chautauqua is a sacred and blessed name to
multitudes of Americans?

The late Principal A. M. Fairbairn, of Mansfield College, Oxford,
foremost among the thinkers of the last generation, gave many lectures
at Chautauqua, and expressed himself thus:

The C. L. S. C. movement seems to me the most
admirable and efficient organization f