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part in the work, to carry it to completion. When it 

 was finished a few friends were invited to view the 

 restoration before it was made ready for shipment to 

 London. Some years afterward, in the city of Paris, 

 I met Emmanuel Fremiet, the veteran sculptor. We 

 were introduced to each other in the Museum of Natural 

 History in the Jardin des Plantes, where one of the 

 replicas of the Diplodocus had just been installed. 

 Standing opposite the skeleton, Fremiet said to me: 

 "I am not a paleontologist, and no doubt there is 

 much about this thing which is interesting, which I do 

 not understand ; but I marvel at it as a piece of work- 

 manship. From the standpoint of the sculptor, and 

 more particularly as a sculptor of animals, I wish to 

 express my admiration and my astonishment. How 

 did you do it?' Coming from a man who perhaps 

 was better able than any other to appreciate the 

 technical difficulties which had been overcome, I have 

 always felt that his words were cause for congratulation, 

 and I have often with pleasure repeated them to my 

 assistants. Our final success was largely due to these 

 faithful men. 



On May 12, 1905, in the presence of a brilliant as- 

 semblage composed of men in all walks of life, princi- 

 pally men of science, Mr. Carnegie presented the first 

 replica we had made to the Trustees of the British 

 Museum. The gift was accepted on their behalf by 

 Lord Avebury, and pleasant words were spoken by a 

 number of those who were present. The Diplodocus 

 was the sensation of the hour in London, and the 

 attendance at the Natural History Museum was 

 reported to be the largest on any day since those 

 which had immediately succeeded the opening of the 

 doors of that great treasure-house of knowledge. 



