682 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1909. 
by that great Prince whose memorial stands near the end of Exhibi- 
tion road, and to whom science and art in England owe so much. 
He dreamed a dream which his untimely death alone prevented him 
from realizing. Had he lived, who can set a bound to what he would 
have achieved for science and education in England? It is a most 
happy circumstance that the final stages of the realization of that 
dream should have been entered upon in the reign, and have received 
the sympathy, patronage, and active support of his great son, our 
most gracious King, who is working in so many directions for the 
welfare and happiness of our race. 
There is one further point I must touch upon. In the few remarks 
which I have had the honor to make to you, I have endeavored, how- 
ever imperfectly, to embody in words certain thoughts which bear 
upon a great subject. I thank you for the patience with which you 
have heard me. Whether I have produced the effect I desire I know 
not, but I know this, that even if I had the tongue of men and angels, 
no words of mine could have been so apt, so expressive as the magnifi- 
‘cent deed of Mr. Otto Beit recorded in to-day’s newspapers.* It is 
impossible for me to pass this over in silence, so closely is it connected 
with the subject of my address. There are two ways of manifesting 
thought, by word and by action. Mr. Beit has chosen the latter and 
far more effective way. We can only express our respectful admira- 
tion and gratitude for his generosity, and our thankfulness that a 
man should exist among us with the power, the insight, and the true 
humanity to do such a splendid deed. 
@JTt was announced in the Times of December 16, 1909, that Mr. Otto Beit 
had given the sum of £215,000 to establish a number of fellowships of the an- 
nual value of £250, the holders of which would devote themselves to medical 
research in all its branches. 
