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theoretical science. You already have at the head of the 

 Garden one qualified to lead in research, I have the good 

 fortune to know your Director. I have known him for a 

 number of years and I feel that you have got entirely 

 the right man for the place . 



Now, lam perhaps a little heretical on one subject. Not 

 heretical in the light in which you would regard the subject, 

 but in the way in which a college professor may be sup- 

 posed to form his opinion. It has been said that a business 

 man does not know anything about science. He knows 

 about making money and that is the end of it. But there 

 is one thing he can know; — that he does not know how to 

 manage the details of science but must select proper men to 

 manage them. Now, you have this evening commemorated 

 the beneficence of Mr. Shaw. He was not only benef- 

 icent — many men are beneficent — but I hold beneficence, 

 great as it is, as doubly great when combined with an intel- 

 ligence like that of Mr. Shaw. Mr. Shaw knew what he 

 wanted. He appreciated Nature, he observed the beauties 

 of plants with a reverent spirit, and he saw that there 

 were scientific problems which needed to be studied and he 

 recognized that he did not know how to manage those prob- 

 lems himself. To aid in the development of his plan, years 

 ago he associated with himself Doctor Engelmann. 



Now, to digress for a moment right here. St. Louis, in 

 the East, is called a new city. As far as science is con- 

 cerned it is not a new city. In science there is no city in 

 the West that can be compared with St. Louis. For many 

 years St. Louis has been the home of scientific men of 

 marked reputation. Doctor Engelmann, it was my privi- 

 lege to know. Trained in foreign Universities, the inti- 

 mate friend of leading scientific men of both hemispheres 

 ever since he settled in this city, more than fifty years 

 ago, he pursued science for its own sake. The de- 

 mands of his profession gave him but comparatively little 

 time, to be sure, but in that little time he accomplished a 

 remarkable amount of first class work. Too great honor 



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