Samuell Gorton: a forgotten founder of our liberties; first settler of Warwick, R. I
(This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curat...)
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.
(Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We h...)
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Lewis George Janes was an American author and educator.
Background
Janes was born on February 19, 1844, in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Alphonso Richards Janes, a highly respected merchant and a pioneer in the anti-slavery movement, and Sophia (Taft) Janes. On his father's side, he was descended from William Janes, who came to New England in 1637, and was one of the first settlers of the New Haven Colony. William's great-grandson, Jonathan, married Irene Bradford, granddaughter of Gov. William Bradford, of the Plymouth Colony. On his mother's side, Janes claimed descent from Peregrine White, who was born on the Mayflower in Massachusetts Bay.
Education
Young Janes was educated in the public schools of Providence, graduating from the high school in 1862. He was about to enter Brown University when he was stricken with an illness which continued for four years. Upon his recovery, perhaps moved by his own bitter experience, he went to New York to study medicine.
Career
An interest in questions of health remained with Janes to the end of his life, but he was early diverted to scientific and religious studies, and thus never practised medicine. In Brooklyn, New York, he began his influential career. In 1886 Janes published his first book, A Study of Primitive Christianity. The Brooklyn Ethical Association was formed in 1885, and Janes was made its president (1885-1896). On the platform of this society he delivered lectures on a wide variety of subjects, many of which were printed in published volumes of the proceedings of the Association, and became widely known as an exponent and defender of the Spencerian philosophy.
In 1893-1896 he served as lecturer on sociology and civics in the School of Political Science of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. From 1894 to 1895 he was instructor in history at Adelphi College, Brooklyn, and in 1896 he published Samuell Gorton: A Forgotten Founder of Our Liberties, First Settler of Warwick, Rhode Island. Changing his residence to Cambridge, Massachusetts, Janes now devoted his life to three major interests: to the Cambridge Conferences, held during a series of winters for the study of ethics, philosophy, sociology, and religion; second, to the Greenacre Conference School, at Eliot, Maine, where through a series of summers he gathered distinguished scholars and eager students for the study of comparative religion; and third, to the Free Religious Association, organized by Ralph Waldo Emerson and others for the fostering of religion freed from theological dogma and ecclesiastical control, of which he was elected president upon the retirement of Thomas Wentworth Higginson in June 1899. During this same period he was busy with his pen, writing numerous pamphlets, magazine articles, and his most popular book, Health and a Day (1901). Happily engaged in these activities, just at the close of the annual summer school, he died suddenly at Greenacre, on September 4, 1901.
Achievements
Janes is chiefly remembered for his scientific and religious studies, published into books.
(This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curat...)
Membership
Janes served as President of the Brooklyn Ethical Association (1885-1896) and President of the Free Religious Association (1899).
Personality
Largely self-educated, Janes was a man of fine scholarship and utter dedication to the spirit of free inquiry. He had an aptitude for scientific and philosophical studies, and a consuming interest in the progress of knowledge.
Connections
Janes married Gertrude Pool in Rockland, Massachusetts, on June 2, 1869. She died in 1875, and on June 17, 1882, he married his second wife, Helen Hall Rawson. He was survived by his widow, and by three of his four children, a son by his first wife, and two daughters by his second wife.
