NEXT STEP IN EVOLUTION 



is finding its place in international 

 diplomacy. 



The humanities are in order. 

 Over one hundred and seven mil- 

 lion dollars were contributed in 

 the United States for educational 

 and other charities within the last 

 year.* Nearly two million dol- 



* Gifts and bequests, each amount- 

 ing to $5,000 or over, bestowed or be- 

 coming operative in the United States 

 in the following years: 



1893 $29,000,000 



1894 32,000,000 



1895 r ... 32,800,000 



189G 27,000,000 



1897 45,000,000 



1898 38,000,000 



1899 62,750,000 



1900 47,500,000 



1901 107,360,000 



Total §421,410,000 



This list excludes the ordinary denom- 

 inational contributions for educational, 

 benevolent, and religious purposes, or 

 State and municipal appropriations to 

 public and sectarian institutions, and 

 the grants of Congress for various rueas- 

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