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pend the funds in doing that which cannot be us well done by other 

 means. It gives to the words of Smithson their most liberal inter- 

 pretation, and ^^ increases and diffuses hioidedge among men^'' by pro- 

 moting the discovery of new truths, and by disseminating these in 

 every part of the civilized world. 



Respectfully submitted, 



JOSEPH HENRY, 

 Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 



