claim: A staging area is only an unused piece of land.
evidence: The Boston Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge -LRB- est. 1829 -RRB- in Boston , Massachusetts , was founded `` to promote and direct popular education by lectures and other means . ''. Boston. Boston. Massachusetts. Massachusetts. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Modelled after the recently formed Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in London , the Boston group 's officers included Daniel Webster , Nathan Hale , Jacob Bigelow , William Ellery Channing , Edward Everett , Nathaniel L. Frothingham , and Abbott Lawrence .. Boston. Boston. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Daniel Webster. Daniel Webster. Nathan Hale. Nathan Hale ( journalist ). Jacob Bigelow. Jacob Bigelow. William Ellery Channing. William Ellery Channing. Edward Everett. Edward Everett. Nathaniel L. Frothingham. Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham. Abbott Lawrence. Abbott Lawrence. The society published the American Library of Useful Knowledge , a series of scholarly works by British and American authors .. Public lectures on a variety of topics were held at Boston 's Masonic Temple , and other venues .. Boston. Boston