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to New York’s great citizen. Such a building is one 
of two plans for this memorial now under considera- 
tion by the State Roosevelt Memorial Commission 
and there is much reason to hope that it may be fa- 
vourably received by the people of the state. 
I ought not properly to be writing autobiographical 
matter. That is usually a sign that a man is through 
and the truth is that I am just ready to begin my 
work. So far I have been studying my profession. 
Now I am prepared to practise it on one great example 
and in so doing to train men to continue my work so 
that the museums of this country can portray what- 
ever of animal life they desire in a way that will have 
the greatest attraction and instruction for the public, 
both lay and scientific. It is chiefly in the hope of 
furthering that great project which must be under- 
taken now—a project to put into permanent and ar- 
tistic form a complete record of the fast-disappearing 
animal life of the last stronghold of the Age of Mam- 
mals—that I write these things. Enough has been 
said to indicate that this is not one man’s task. It 
may not even be accomplished by several men in the 
span of one man’s life. But the future will show con- 
crete results, for the slowest and most laborious 
stages of preparation are now in the past. Years of 
experimentat on have perfected taxidermy, years of 
observation in the field have made a true conception 
possible, the American Museum of Natural History 
has committed itself to the plan—in a word, I am 
about to realize my dream. 
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