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On I )ccciiil)ci' L".t, I'.KHi, ,■! Ini'ii'' niid rc|)rc>ciil ;it i\ c iiinlii'iicc uallicrcd in 

 the lecture room of the Museiiiii to witness the presentati(^n to tlie 'i'rustees 

 of the series of husts of eniinent American natnrahsts which now adorns 

 the spacious aiitci-ooni thi'on^h which \ isitors approacli the Museum. 

 The idea was Mr. .Iesui)'s, and tie pro\i(k-d the; funds. The <,dft fitly sym- 

 bolizes his conception of the part played hy science in the complex circle 

 of interests, of whose joint etforts the Mii>einii is the expression. 



"1 suj)pose," says .Mr. < hoate, his fellow foundei' and li-u.>tee, speakinj: 

 some years later at the (hamher of ( Ommerce, "that I may speak with 

 authority of Mr. Jesujj's ser\ices to the world in the Museum of Xatiu'al 

 History. 1 should hardly \'enture in the |)i'es('nce of Mr. Moi'yan to claim 

 for him a monopoly of the generosity that endowed that institution from 

 the heginninu'; nor would T forget the abundant aid of many other generous 

 benefactors; but I will say that he was the chief factor, the most powerful 

 and effective agent in bringing it to the great eminence that it enjoys 

 to-day." 



This great ser\ice was htly signalized by his fellow trustees on I*'ebruary 

 12, 190(), when in commemoration of the twcMity-fifth annix'crsary of his 

 presidency, they presented to him a Io\ ing cu]) beautifully designed in 

 gold, with in.scriptions and .symbols in allusion to tho.se branches of science 

 in which he had taken a special interest. On one face of the cup reference 

 was made to the forestry of North America; on another his interest in 

 vertebrate palaeontology was indicated, and his gift of the Cope collection 

 of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles was mentioned; on the third face was a 

 design symbolizing the work of the Jesup North Pacific expeditions, the 

 last and greatest of the enterprises toward which his efforts were directed. 



" It is not because of the long ])eri()d of his scr\ice," writes ]*rofessor 

 Humpus, "nor because of his \mfailing dcNotion, nor yet because of his 

 innumerable gifts, that Mr. .lesup's administration of the affairs of the 

 American Musemn of Natural History will mark a distinct ejioch in the 

 history of the institution.... 



"It is because he served long an<l also well; it is because he was devoted 

 and at the same time exercised good judgment; it is because he not only 

 gave hut gave wisely, that he Hnally enjoyed the fruit of his labor, that his 

 devotion to the Museum riixMied into absorbing atfection, and that his 

 example of giving infected those associated with him." 



