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  to 
  the 
  Grand 
  Canyon 
  in 
  Arizona, 
  and 
  this 
  was 
  followed 
  by 
  successful 
  

   researches 
  in 
  Nevada 
  and 
  New 
  Enjj^land. 
  His 
  announced 
  life 
  work, 
  

   however, 
  Avas 
  in 
  the 
  Cambrian, 
  and 
  this 
  he 
  pursued 
  in 
  the 
  intervals 
  

   of 
  special 
  assignments, 
  presenting 
  a 
  review 
  of 
  his 
  Cambrian 
  studies 
  

   to 
  the 
  International 
  Geological 
  Congress 
  in 
  T^ondon 
  hi 
  1888. 
  In 
  this 
  

   same 
  year 
  he 
  was 
  appointed 
  paleontologist 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  invertebrate 
  

   paleontology 
  in 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey, 
  and 
  five 
  years 
  later 
  geologist 
  

   in 
  charge 
  of 
  geology 
  and 
  paleontology. 
  In 
  1894 
  he 
  was 
  made 
  director 
  

   of 
  the 
  survey, 
  succeeding 
  Maj. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Powell. 
  This 
  position 
  he 
  held 
  

   until 
  1907, 
  when 
  he 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  as 
  its 
  fourth 
  secretary, 
  

   succeeding 
  Samuel 
  Pierpont 
  Langley. 
  

  

  During 
  his 
  directorship 
  of 
  the 
  survey 
  he 
  was 
  extremely 
  active 
  in 
  

   public 
  affairs. 
  Pie 
  was 
  instrumental 
  in 
  the 
  organization 
  of 
  the 
  

   Forest 
  Service, 
  the 
  Reclamation 
  Service, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Carnegie 
  Insti- 
  

   tution 
  of 
  Washington, 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  whicli 
  he 
  continued 
  to 
  serve 
  

   actively 
  until 
  his 
  death. 
  

  

  As 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian, 
  Doctor 
  Walcott 
  furthered 
  its 
  

   varied 
  activities 
  vigorously 
  and 
  successfully. 
  During 
  his 
  adminis- 
  

   tration 
  the 
  new 
  building 
  for 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  

   was 
  brought 
  to 
  completion 
  and 
  opened 
  to 
  the 
  public, 
  and 
  its 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  increased 
  enormously; 
  the 
  Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  was 
  con- 
  

   structed 
  and 
  the 
  great 
  Freer 
  collection 
  installed; 
  the 
  National 
  

   Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  was 
  created 
  a 
  distinct 
  administi'ative 
  unit 
  under 
  the 
  

   Institution, 
  and 
  plans 
  were 
  inaugurated 
  to 
  provide 
  a 
  suitable 
  national 
  

   gallery 
  building; 
  and 
  shortly 
  before 
  his 
  death, 
  perhaps 
  the 
  most 
  

   important 
  step 
  of 
  his 
  administration 
  was 
  taken 
  — 
  the 
  launching 
  of 
  

   a 
  definite 
  attempt 
  to 
  increase 
  the 
  endowment 
  funds 
  of 
  the 
  Institution. 
  

   It 
  is 
  greatly 
  to 
  be 
  regretted 
  that 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  live 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  successful 
  

   outcome 
  of 
  this 
  project, 
  Avhich 
  is 
  expected 
  to 
  develop 
  in 
  the 
  near 
  

   future, 
  for 
  Doctor 
  Walcott 
  had 
  felt 
  keenly 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  the 
  

   inadequacy 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  endowment 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  unequaled 
  oppor- 
  

   tunities 
  of 
  to-day 
  to 
  promote 
  the 
  increase 
  and 
  spread 
  of 
  knowledge. 
  

  

  The 
  strenuous 
  duties 
  of 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  did 
  not 
  pre- 
  

   vent 
  Doctor 
  Walcott 
  from 
  continuing 
  his 
  world-renowned 
  researches 
  

   in 
  Cambrian 
  geology 
  and 
  paleontology', 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  20 
  years 
  of 
  

   his 
  incumbency 
  he 
  published 
  five 
  large 
  volumes 
  of 
  papers 
  on 
  these 
  

   subjects. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Walcott 
  received 
  nearly 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  honors 
  wdiich 
  science 
  has 
  

   to 
  bestow, 
  both 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  and 
  abroad, 
  including 
  many 
  honorar3' 
  

   degrees, 
  fellowships 
  in 
  learned 
  societies, 
  and 
  research 
  medals. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  man. 
  Doctor 
  Walcott 
  earned 
  the 
  lasting 
  friendship 
  and 
  ad- 
  

   miration 
  of 
  all 
  those 
  with 
  whom 
  he 
  was 
  closely 
  associated 
  through 
  

   his 
  nobility 
  of 
  character, 
  his 
  genial, 
  whole-hearted 
  friendliness, 
  and 
  

   his 
  unswerving 
  devotion 
  to 
  the 
  ideals 
  and 
  purposes 
  of 
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