48 MEMORIAL OF JOSEPH HENRY. 



fifty thousand dollars over and above the sum bequeathed by Mr. 

 SMITHSON. The other property of the Institution in value, as has 

 been stated, is over seven hundred thousand dollars. Such is the 

 correct statement of the fund and financial condition of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution at the decease of Professor HENRY. For him 

 how proud the record, and for the future usefulness of the Institu- 

 tion how grand the prospect ! With this flattering condition of its 

 finances, the Institution may widen its present and enter new fields 

 to seek for additional knowledge to be diffused among men, while 

 Professor HENRY, its world-distinguished secretary, shall be remem- 

 bered away in the stillness of ages as one of the most learned men 

 of his time and a benefactor of mankind. 



