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and elevate and enlighten the hearts and intellects of both ; and 

 when a future generation shall appreciate at its true worth this 

 study of Natural History, then will the founders of the new 

 Museum be gratefully and reverentially ranked among the best 

 and wisest benefactors of their fatherland. 



Respectfully submitted, 



WINSLOW LEWIS, Chairman. 



REPORT OF PROFESSOR AGASSIZ ON THE DEPARTMENT 

 OF ZOOLOGY AND GEOLOGY. 



TO THE REVEREND AND HONORABLE, THE COMMITTEE FOR THE EXAM- 

 INATION OF THE LAWRENCE SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL, THE FOLLOWING 

 REPORT IS RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY THE UNDERSIGNED. 



During the past year twelve special students, besides two 

 graduates, have attended the private instruction given in the 

 Zoological department of the School. As usual, the instruction 

 has consisted in special lectures upon particular topics relating 

 to the subjects upon which the students were making investiga- 

 tions, and in directing these investigations. Confident that a 

 student of nature must above all learn how to observe, I have 

 not deviated from the plan adopted in former years of teaching 

 without text-books, leaving the students to find for themselves 

 what is characteristic in the objects brought to their notice ; and, 

 that they should not copy each other's work, I have followed a 

 distinct course for each of them ; thus, in fact, giving as many 

 separate courses as there are students in the laboratory. But 

 while this method has greatly increased my own labor, I have 

 derived a real advantage from it, for the Museum, in educating 

 special assistants for each of its departments. 



The instruction is now given in the new Museum, where every 



