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his Museum, for which he had collected materials, of the 

 greatest possible diversity, which would, properly cared for 

 and arranged, form a Museum superior in numbers and vari- 

 ety to any similar collection in the world. Shall this great 

 work be allowed to fail ? 



Let every person who honors the memory of Agassiz, say 

 No ! Let every one who regrets that the great main support 

 of the noble structure is taken away, resolve that it shall not 

 fail, but that, so far as depends on him and what he can do, 



IT SHALL GO ON AND BE BUILT AND FILLED, AND STAND 

 FIRM, A GLORIOUS TEMPLE OF SCIENCE FOREVER. 



REMARKS OF REV. MR. WATERSTON. 



In response to an invitation from the chair, the Rev. Mr. 

 R. C. Waterston spoke of Prof. Agassiz's connection with 

 the Centennial Anniversary of the birth of Humboldt. 



At a meeting of the Boston Society of Natural History, 

 June, 1869, it was moved and voted that a celebration of the 

 Centennial Anniversary of the birth of Alexander von Hum- 

 boldt, by this Society, is highly desirable. It was also sug- 

 gested that Professor Agassiz be invited to deliver an ad- 

 dress upon the occasion. The invitation was extended to 

 Professor Agassiz and accepted. 1 Various circumstances 

 connected with that memorable occasion, at a time like 

 the present, come to the mind with peculiar power. 



In Professor Agassiz's public address, his introductory re- 

 marks were, " I am invited to an unwonted task. Thus far I 



1 The Committee appointed at the meeting in June, to make all desirable ar- 

 rangements, were, R. C. Waterston, Jeffries Wyman, N. B. Shurtleff, Samuel 

 Kneeland and Samuel H. Scudder. To this Committee was afterwards added T. W. 

 Higginson. 



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