Excerpt from Proceedings of the First Convention and Organization of the National Association of Life Underwriters: Parker House, Boston, Mass., June 18 and 19, 1890 The unification of the great moving force of life in surance has been successfully achieved, and the reader may well pause and consider what this suggests for, as Dr. Fowler so ably set forth, the mere fact of organization is but a pre lude to further development, a development rich with the brightest possibilities for the advancement of a profession and institution that have already laid a foundation of sur passing strength for future achievement to rest upon. One of the salient features of the convention was its en tire unity of aim and harmony of purpose regarding all essentials. Here alone was the indication of so complete a revolution, so salutary a change in the ideas and motives of the workers in the life insurance field, that the heart is filled with with joy at its contemplation. Here were no separatist interests to interfere, as in former times; no question of what might affect this company or that company appeared; ih deed, it is worthy of approving remark that during the whole proceedings not a company was mentioned by name. It was a common efiort for the common good, and this intent was carried out to the fullest extent in the spirit and in the letter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.