226 SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD 
He had no antagonism to a great National Museum, 
but he rightly thought it should not be made a burden 
upon the limited Smithsonian income.? He saw the neces- 
sity of a complete reference library, but firmly opposed 
expenditures for it which the funds could not meet without 
crippling other functions of the organization. From this 
came later the break between him and Professor Jewett, 
the librarian of the Institution, to whose energy and 
ability the fine scientific library of early days was due. 
He realized that the specialist who thought his special- 
ity the most important thing in the world was (for his 
own work) quite right, but he refused him more than his 
proper share in the distribution, when the whole field of 
Science was to be considered. Such was the environment 
into which Baird came and the chief to whom he gave 
affection and unswerving loyalty. 
2 See: Genesis of the U. S. National Museum by G. Brown 
Goode, Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1891, Washington, Govt. 
Printing Office, 1893, pp. 343-346, etc. 
