10 I MEMORIAL OF JOSEPH HEXRY. 



8. A lso, catalogues of memoirs, and of books and other materials, 

 should be collected for rendering the Institution a centre of biblio- 

 graphical knowledge, whence the student may be directed to any 

 work which he may require. 



!). It is believed thai the collections in natural history will in- 

 crease by donation as rapidly as the income of the Institution can 

 make provision for their reception, and therefore it will seldom be 

 necessary to purchase articles of this kind. 



K(. Attempts should be made to procure for the srallerv of art 

 casts of tin' must celebrated articles of ancient and modern sculp- 

 ture 



11. The arts may be encouraged by providing a room, free of 

 expense, for the exhibition of the objects of the Art-Union and 

 other similar societies. 



12. A small appropriation should annually he made for models 

 of antiquities, such as those of the remains of ancient temples, etc. 



13. For the present, or until the building is fully completed, 

 besides the Secretary, no permanent assistant will he required, except 

 one, to act as librarian. 



1 1. The Secretary, by the law of < Congress, is alone responsible to 

 the Regents, lie shall take charge of the building and property, 

 keep a record of proceedings, discharge the duties of' librarian and 

 keeper of the museum, and may, with the consent of the Regents, 

 employ assistants. 



15. I'he Secretary and his assistants (during the session of Con- 

 gress) will he required to illustrate new discoveries in science, and 

 to exhibit new objects of art. Distinguished individuals should 

 also be invited to give lectures on subjects of general interest." 



In his " Explanations and illustrations of the programme" pre- 

 sented to the Regents at the same time with the foregoing, Henrv 

 remarked: "'Idie plan of increasing and diffusing knowledge, pre- 

 sented in the first section of the programme, will he found in strict 



aCCOl'da with the several propositions deduced from the Will of 



Smithson, and given in the introduction. It embraces — as a 

 leading feature, the design of interesting the greatest uumber of 

 individuals in the operations of the Institution, and of spreading 

 its influence as widelv as possible. It forms an active organization, 

 exciting all to make original researches who are gifted with the 

 necessary power, and diffusing a kind of knowledge now only 

 accessible to the ff\y, among all those who are willing to receive it. 

 In this country, though many excel in the application of science to 

 the practical arts of life, lew devote themselves to the continued 

 labor and patient thought necessary to the discovery and develop- 

 ment of new truths. - - - The second section of the programme 



