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without other condition than that the building shall be maintained for the pur- 

 pose for which it has been erected, will be found in the document which I now 

 place in your hands. The undertaking was not begun without deliberation, and 

 now that we have come to the end under such happy auspices, I see no reason 

 to regret what has been done. I trust that the benefits which it was intended to 

 confer will be realized. 



Chancellor Day then said: Mr. Redpath, — It is my good fortune, as Chan- 

 cellor of McGill University, to be its mouthpiece on this auspicious occasion. In 

 the name and on behalf of that institution, I accept the gift of the Peter Redpath 

 Museum, now formally conveyed to it. It is a difficult task to express in fitting 

 words our sense of the obligation under which you have laid, not only this Uni- 

 versity, but also the friends of education, in the interesting and important de- 

 partment of science which your liberality is intended to promote. The architect- 

 ural beauty of this edifice in which we are assembled — its classic design — the 

 elegance and completeness of its finish, make it of itself an education of no small 

 value; while, joined to these excellences, its ample proportions and perfect adap- 

 tation to its destined uses indicate the munificence and wisdom of its founder. 

 We trust it will remain for future generations what it now is, a majestic monu- 

 ment, bearing the honored name of him in whom the power of riches has been 

 added to the better gift of a disposition to distribute them with a bountiful hand 

 for the welfare of mankind. Reference was then made to the collection which 

 Dr. Dawson had presented, and the Chancellor proceeded. 



The prodigious growth of material prosperity in our age, the marvelous crea- 

 tions of art and industry which cover the face of the civilized world, and the con- 

 sequent increase in dangerous luxury have in them a voice of warning. History 

 tells us what they mean if left to themselves, without the restraining and elevat- 

 ing agencies which build upon them a true and permanent civilization. We ac- 

 cept this hall of science as a noble contribution to those higher agencies, and 

 now before this assembly, made august by the presence of our distinguished 

 guests, true kings of the realm of thought ; their presence, and in the presence of 

 the benefactors of this University, enlightened men, and not less sympathetic 

 and generous women. We dedicate the Peter Redpath Museum to the study of 

 »the varied and wonderful manifestations of God's creation, and emphatically we 

 dedicate it to the use of th,e earnest student, who in reverent questioning of the 

 works of living nature, and in their records upon the stony tablets of a dead and 

 buried world, seeks that vital truth which, above all other things, it imports the 

 immortal spirit of man to know. 



Dr. Carpenter was then called upon to say a few words. He said when he 

 received the invitation to take part in the meeting he felt that he could not refuse, 

 because he wished to give expression to the very strong and earnest interest he 

 felt in this beautiful city. Nothing had been of greater interest to him since he 

 had been in the city than to be accosted on all sides as the brother of Philip Car- 

 penter. Every citizen of Montreal seemed to have known and honored and 

 loved him. All honor was due to the donor of that building. Reference was 



