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his Museum, for which he had collected materials, of the 

 greatest possible diversity, which would, properly cared for 

 and arranged, form a Museum superior in numbers and vari- 

 ety to any similar collection in the world. Shall this great 

 work be allowed to fail ? 



Let every person who honors the memory of Agassiz, say 

 No ! Let every one who regrets that the great main support 

 of the noble structure is taken away, resolve that it shall not 

 fail, BUT that, so far as depends on him and what he can do, 



IT SHALL GO ON AND BE BUILT AND PILLED, AND STAND 

 FIRM, A GLORIOUS TEMPLE OF SCIENCE FOREVER. 



