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animal is of no more intrinsic value for 

 teaching zoology than a common one; 

 and the nses of the Museum for instruc- 

 tion were always put first. As an insti- 

 tution, it was made an integral part of 

 Harvard University ; an adequate teach- 

 ing staff was provided, and a Bulletin 

 issued regularly. To-day the building 

 is some three times as large as when 

 Agassiz knew it, the larger part of the 

 addition being at the expense of his son 

 and successor ; and, as we write, it is an- 

 nounced that the three children of Louis 

 Agassiz have offered to complete the 

 plan and unite the wings of the great 

 building, which should stand a monu- 

 ment to the name of Agassiz as durable 

 as the fossils within it. It was by Agas- 

 siz' s own request made improper to call 

 the Museum by his name, but this legal 

 disability is entirely ignored by the 

 public. Over the main entrance is the 

 proper title " University Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology " and just be- 



