PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 



HELD AT PHILADELPHIA 

 FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE 



Vol. LI August-September, 1912 No. 206 



THE HENRY M. PHILLIPS PRIZE ESSAY. 



Report of the Judges. 



Philadelphia, March 30, 1912. 



To the President and Council . ! 



OF THE American Philosophical Society, 

 Gentlemen: 



The undersigned, a committee of Judges elected by the Ameri- 

 can Philosophical Society on December i, 191 1, to examine the 

 Essays submitted to the Society in competition for the Henry M. 

 Phillips Prize, respectfully report that they have examined with 

 care the nine essays submitted for the prize, and, after personal 

 consultation and discussion, have awarded the prize to the essay 

 entitled " Sovereignty can only be an unit and must remain an 

 unit. — Bismarck," which proves to be the work of Charles H. Burr, 

 Esq., of Philadelphia. The Committee found very great difficulty 

 in deciding between this essay and one written by " Historicus " 

 [Edward S. Corwine, Esq., of Princeton, New Jersey]. 



Joseph H. Choate, 

 J. M. Dickinson, 

 John C. Gray, 

 Henry Wade Rogers, 

 James Brown Scott. 



Committee. 



PROC. AMER. PHIL. SOC. , LI. 206 O, PRINTED OCT. 21, I912. 



