At the conclusion of the 1962 meeting, an article in National Review mulled over the dangers faced by the society as it added new members to its rolls. “The intimate atmosphere of a select group of intellectual peers, good friends and philosophic companions may give way to the businesslike atmosphere of a professional convention,” it observed. “Although the Society represents a rather broad spectrum of opinion within the libertarian fold, the present philosophic unity of the group could be affected and its intellectual strength watered down. These are the risks inherent in expansion, yet the world is moving on and this seems to be the course the Society will take.”

Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, loc. 325