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pies erected by the people ; to-day, this one opened to Science, 

 and a few months hence another to Art. 



Beyond this thorough appreciation the next step must be 

 creative. With such aids as are here afforded the human 

 mind will be aroused. Men will gather here to study and to 

 teach ; to explore and to discover. I record it as the supreme 

 satisfaction of this day that it is to this purpose that all the 

 plans are fitted. The idea on which Talleyrand justified the 

 French revolution is sometimes true of education — " what 

 principles can not do, a man must." It is not for curiosity, 

 not for instruction alone, but to awaken here the great teacher, 

 to encourage here the great discoverer — that glorious possi- 

 bility which we proudly name man. 



By the authority of the People of the State the people of the 

 city have erected this building. The Department I have the 

 honor to represent have been charged with the design and con- 

 struction. While from all other forms of human work we 

 gather to give honor to the men of Science, I ask you to 

 remember Mr. Olmsted. I call you to witness the fidelity 

 and ability of the architects, Mr. Yatjx, and Mr. Munokwitz, 

 and the skill and patience of the artisan, the mechanic and 

 the laborer. 



On behalf of the city, Mr. President, we welcome you to 

 this Museum, in which you and we are henceforth associated 

 for the advancement of true science among the people. 



ADDRESS of Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard 



University. 

 In whose honor are the chief personages of the nation, 

 state, and city, here assembled % Whose palace is this ? What 

 divinity is worshipped in this place ? We are assembled here 

 to own with gratitude the beneficent power of natural science ; 

 to praise and thank its votaries, and to dedicate this splendid 

 structure to its service. The power to which we here do hom- 

 age is the accumulated intelligence of our race applied gen- 

 eration after generation to the study of Nature ; and this 

 palace is the storehouse of the elaborated materials which 

 that intelligence has garnered, ordered, and illuminated. 

 What has natural science done for mankind that it should be 



