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it has hitherto received from me. It is becoming self-evident. 



that an attempt to csfablisb at Cambridge a Museum devoted to 

 original investigation, in addition fco its other functions of pro- 

 riding a University Museum and Laboratories* is not destined to 



be carried out. We cannot compete with the genera] government 

 or municipal institutions without an endowment or resources far 

 greater than any University can hope to obtain, and the sooner 

 the future plans of the Museum are modified to meet the existing 

 stale of* things, the less will he the waste, and the sooner shall 

 we adapt our organization to the comparatively limited field of 

 a University establishment. 



ALEXANDER AGASSIZ. 



Cambridge, October i, \hu\. 



