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He had no antagonism to a great National Museum, 

 but he rightly thought it should not be made a burden 

 upon the limited Smithsonian income. 2 He saw the neces- 

 sity of a complete reference library, but firmly opposed 

 expenditures for it which the funds could not meet without 

 crippling other functions of the organization. From this 

 came later the break between him and Professor Jewett, 

 the librarian of the Institution, to whose energy and 

 ability the fine scientific library of early days was due. 



He realized that the specialist who thought his special- 

 ity the most important thing in the world was (for his 

 own work) quite right, but he refused him more than his 

 proper share in the distribution, when the whole field of 

 Science was to be considered. Such was the environment 

 into which Baird came and the chief to whom he gave 

 affection and unswerving loyalty. 



2 See: Genesis of the U. S. National Museum by G. Brown 

 Goode, Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1891, Washington, Govt. 

 Printing Office, 1893, pp. 343~34 6 , 



