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has been no money value sought for in the Congress, - - none received. 

 Its value to the Exposition lies solely in the fact that it is the final 

 argument to the world of the initial claims of the officials of the 

 Exposition that its purpose was purely educational. Coordinate with 

 the material exhibits, sought, classified, and installed on a rigidly 

 scientific classification, the Congress, which relates, illumines, and 

 defends the principles upon which the material portion was founded, 

 has triumphantly vindicated the good faith, the wisdom, and the 

 foresight of the Universal Exposition of 1904. This printed record of 

 its proceedings will be a monument not only to the spirit of Science, 

 but to the spirit of the Exposition, which will endure as long as the 

 records of man are preserved. 



In conclusion, the editor wishes to express his obligations to the 

 many speakers and officers of the Congress, who have evinced great 

 interest in the publication and assisted by valuable suggestions and 

 advice. In particular, he acknowledges the help of President Butler 

 of Columbia University, Professor Miinsterberg of Harvard Uni- 

 versity, and Professor Small of the University of Chicago. Acknow- 

 ledgments are with justice and pleasure made to the Committee on 

 Congresses of the Exposition, and the able chairman, Hon. Frederick 

 W. Lehmann, for their unwavering and prompt support on all mat- 

 ters of policy and detail, without which the full measure of success 

 could not have been achieved. To the efficient secretary of the 

 Department of Congresses, Mr. James Green Cotchett, an expression 

 of obligation is due for his indefatigable labors during the Congress 

 period, and for his able and painstaking work in compiling the 

 detailed records of this publication. 



At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Exposition on 

 January 3, 1905, there was unanimously voted the following resolu- 

 tion, recommended by the Administrative Board and approved by 

 the Committee on Congresses : 



MOVED : that a vote of thanks and an expression of deepest obliga- 

 tion be tendered to Dr. Simon Newcomb, President of the Congress, 

 Prof. Hugo Miinsterberg, vice-president of the Congress, and Prof. 

 Albion W. Small, vice-president of the Congress, for their efficient, 

 thorough, and comprehensive work in connection with the pro- 

 gramme of the Congress, the selection and invitation of speakers, 

 and the attention to detail in its execution. That, in view of the 

 enormous amount of labor devolving upon these three gentlemen 

 for the past eighteen months, to the exclusion of all opportunities 

 for literary and other work outside their college departments, an 

 honorarium of twenty-five hundred dollars be tendered to each of 

 them. 



