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and attention to its interests. The actively interested 

 members were few, but these fe'w had perseverance 

 and still retained much of the old time ambition, and 

 they believed in the future success of the Academy. 

 There were reasons why it ought to continue to live. 

 Dr. Velie stood stanchly by it through prosperity and 

 adversity. He gathered for its collections in places 

 near and remote; he spent money from his own income 

 in many instances, in order more perfectly to preserve 



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its interests; with his own hand, and without assistance, 

 he mounted the materials gathered, and fitted them for 

 proper display. For this work he possessed a rare 

 .gift, and was eminently successful in pleasing the pub- 

 lic. He arranged the programs for the meetings and 

 kept the museum in the best condition that the means 

 and accommodations at hand would permit, and ulti- 

 mately saved it from total destruction. To Dr. Andrews 

 and Dr. Velie the Academy owes lasting obligations. 



