ANTHROPOLOGY 



By Jesse Walter Fewkes 



Editor of the Journal of American Ethnology and Archceology 



I^HE influences on the many branches of the 

 science of anthropology which have sprung 

 from the Smithsonian Institution, during the 

 last half-century, have been far-reaching and 

 ^2^^ profound. In this prolific epoch the science 

 has grown almost from infancy to manhood, from an humble 

 beginning to ever increasing conscious strength, and there is 

 no American institution which has so profoundly influenced 

 the development of the study of man. 



Two aspects of this influence claim our attention, and it is 

 noteworthy that they are both directly related to those for 

 which the Smithsonian Institution stands — the advancement 

 of knowledije and its diffusion amonfj men. An indication of 

 the potency of the former is seen in the long series of original 

 researches made possible by the accumulation of collections 

 and systematic field explorations fostered by the Institution. 

 The publication of these researches has enlarged know- 

 ledge, stimulated scientific investigation in other intellectual 

 centers, and drawn to the museum scholars from all parts of 

 the world. Judged from the point of view of scholarship, 

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