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pend the funds in doing that which cannot be as well done by other 

 means. It gives to the words of Smithson their most liberal inter- 

 pretation, and "increases and diffuses knowledge among men" by pro- 

 moting the discovery of new truths, and by disseminating these in 

 every part of the civilized world. 



Respectfully submitted : i 



JOSEPH HENRY, $ 



Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 



