Moreover, I have thought it might in itself be worth while should I collect into one group some of the more important of the speculative ventures I have made from time to time, in Philosophy, in Theology, and in Religion, together with a few of my essays in Criticism and in Literature, which are now widely separated in pamphlets and in various other publications.
Thereupon, the "Memories and Memorials" that find association in these pages were gathered and are sent to you as a token of my regard for you and as one of your souvenirs of me,
JAPAN UNITARIAN MISSION, TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY,
Tokyo, November, 1914.