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an American citizen, Those twenty-eight years he gave to un- 
remitted labor in behalf of that higher education, which, by the 
public at large, was little understood. His interest was confined 
to no town or State, to no individual or class. * * At the age 
of sixty-seven his brain gave way, and he died, leaving no wealth 
memorial. Such a memorial can be made out of the great Museum 
which he: b i i i 
ual fountain of knowledge, and a monument quick with his spirit. 
“Museum,” a word that commonly suggests little more than a 
collection of curious objects, is scarcely an appropriate name for 
i i e Muse 
labored for is a presentation of the animal kin dom,—fossil and 
living,—arranged so as to picture the creative thought. The 
study of such a subject is the highest to which the human mind 
€ 
At the end of the nineteenth century, no nation, least of all the 
American, may dare to lag in science; for science is only another 
d 
collections be if such had been arranged by Linnzeus in Sweden, 
b en in Germany, by Cuvier in France! But su th museums 
do not exist. Even the great collections of Cuvier are mingled 
With those of his opponents, like a book culled from the works of 
any authors, In this country wé may have such a museum if 
we choo 
Present large proportions under his hand. 
18 the newly-established School of Experimental Zoology on the 
Island of Penikese, endow Anderson of New York. The 
System of instruction has the widest character, and oo ele- 
Mentary teaching, as well as the highest investigations. @ ex- 
hibition-rooms Pe free to the public. Large sums have already 
