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2. Chiefly, however, because we are already under re- 

 strictions, answerable to our superior officers (trustees, 

 etc.), men and women who are among the best and most 

 conscientious in the community. We are also answerable 

 to our students, men and women of mature age, some 

 themselves teachers. Visitors, moreover, honestly seeking 

 the truth, are, and always will be, welcome. 



Governor Claflin, who appears to have signed with the 

 petitioners, is, I believe, a trustee of Boston University, 

 and ought therefore to be able to control experimentation 

 in its laboratories. 



3. Above all, we object because we honestly believe that 

 there are no abuses in Massachusetts requiring this odious 

 legislation. Who are the experimental biologists at whom 

 this bill is aimed ? They are well-known men, of character 

 and reputation, vouched for by men like President Eliot, 

 General Walker, Bishop Lawrence, President Capen, and 

 similar citizens. 



I protest that these annual attacks, which are based upon 

 no sound evidence of abuse, or likelihood of abuse, in 

 Massachusetts, are utterly uncalled for, unjust, and ought 

 to cease. 



