404 MEMORIAL OF JOSEPII HENRY. 



8. Also, 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 re(|uire. 



9. It is believed that the collections in natural history will in- 

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

 make provision for their rece])tic)n, and therefore it will seldom be 

 necessary to ])urchasc articles of this kind. 



10. Attempts should be made to ])rocure for the gallery of art 

 casts of the most 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 be made for models 

 of antiquities, such as those of the remains of ancient temples, &c. 



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

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

 one, to act as librarian. 



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

 the Regents. He 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. The Secretary and his assistants (during the session of Con- 

 gress) will be 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, Henry 

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

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

 accordance 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 number of 

 individuals in the operations of the Institution, and of spreading 

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

 exciting all to make original researches who are gifted with the 

 necessary poAver, and diffusing a kind of knowledge now oidy 

 accessible to the few, among all those who iare willing to receive it. 

 In this country, though many excel in the apj^lication of science to 

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

 laboi- and patient thought necessary to the discovery and devcloj)- 

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



