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truth of what Louis Agassiz wrote in 

 a Museum Report : 



"If I mistake not, the great object 

 of our museums should be to exhibit 

 the whole animal kingdom as a mani- 

 festation of the Supreme intellect. 

 Scientific investigation in our day 

 should be inspired by a purpose as 

 animating to the general sympathy, as 

 was the religious zeal which built the 

 Cathedral of Cologne or the Basilica 

 of St. Peter's. The time is passed 

 when men expressed their deepest con- 

 victions by these wonderful and beau- 

 tiful religious edifices; but it is my 

 hope to see, with the progress of in- 

 tellectual culture, a structure arise 

 among us which may be a temple of 

 the revelations written in the material 

 universe. If this be so, our buildings 

 for such an object can never be too 

 comprehensive, for they are to embrace 

 the infinite work of Infinite Wisdom. 

 They can never be too costly, so far 

 as cost secures permanence and solid- 

 ity, for they are to contain the most 

 instructive documents of Omnipo- 

 tence.' 



The building of this museum has 

 evidently been inspired by such "a pur- 

 pose," and is "a temple of the revela- 

 tions written in the material universe." 



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