 He could not bear to think of the sufferings inflicted upon dumb creatures in the name of “science.” Second, he recognized the services of incalculable value rendered to this Nation and the world by the Pilgrims, Puritans and other early pioneers of New England.They were the founds; the were the master builders of the Nation; to them belonged the laurels.My father bequeathed $50,000 to the City of Boston, this sum to accumulate at interest until it should amount to $1,000,000, at which time (estimated 63 years from his death) it is to be used to construct a “New England Pantheon,” or memorial building in which are to be portrayed and recorded the lives of those New England men and women who made this country what it is.”

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