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rials from every portion of the globe. Since his time, Dau- 

 berton completed the whole plan, and raised the establish- 

 ment to the highest degree of perfection. 



Distinguished professors exercise their talents in gratu- 

 itous lectures on mineralogy, geology, general chemistry, 

 botany, agriculture, natural history, the anatomy of man 

 and animals, and iconography. 



The building contains a copious library of works of nat- 

 ural history, fine collections of preserved animal specimens, 

 vegetables, minerals, complete herbaries, drawings of extra- 

 ordinary merit, and a garden judiciously and tastefully laid 

 out, in which is combined the cultivation of indigenous pro- 

 ductions with that of exotic plants. The productions of 

 every region of the globe are preserved in extensive hot- 

 houses. There is a menagerie, a superb botanical garden,. 

 a splendid amphitheatre for lectures, and spacious cabinet of 

 curiosities. Everything is open to the public gratuitously. 



Mr. T., in continuation, expatiated at considerable length 

 upon the merits of the bill ; and in proof that its provisions 

 were calculated to meet the wishes and intentions of tlie 

 donor of the munificent fund now the object of considera- 

 tion. He doubted the utility of such an extensive and costly 

 library as had been suggested by the Senator from Massa- 

 chusetts; he doubted the possibility of laying out usefully 

 and advantageously $20,000 a year — or even more than 

 four or five thousand dollars a year — in the purchase of 

 books. It would be impossible to make such a vast collec- 

 tion of books as $500,000 would purchase, without includ- 

 ing cart loads — nay ship loads — of trash, not worth in realitj* 

 the cost of transport. There was the library of Congress, 

 to the increase of which $5,000 was annually appropriated^ 

 and it was w^ell known that this sum enabled the committee 

 to procure everything coming out in print v/orth procuring. 

 Yet, in this library, small in comparison to any of those 

 foreign libraries alluded to by the Senator, he protested 

 there was more than half the books that he would not take 

 a gift of for the cost of transportation to Ohio. In conclu- 

 sion he saw no necessity for striking out the eighth section 

 of the bill. If the Senate approved of a more liberal pro- 

 vision for the library, an additional section could be put 

 after the eighth section, and the necessary alteration could 

 be made in the first section. 



Mr. Woodbury did not rise for any purpose of opposition, 

 but to suggest a course that would probably result in har- 

 monizing the propositions of the Senators from Ohio and 

 Massachusetts. He thought if the bill was recommitted to 



