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much always to be done in one's own department." It's 

 true, of course. And a deep interest in one's work is not 

 only commendable, but essential to any achievement. On 

 the other hand, our own affairs should not act as blinders. 

 Absorption in one subject need not mean oblivion to all 

 others. And he is a poor astronomer who has no time to give 

 to mathematics. 



We manage to make time for so many other things that 

 an occasional glimpse at our immediate surroundings ought 

 not to be beyond accomplishment. Not all of us have the 

 background or the impulse to a keen scientific interest. But 

 we are all able and should be eager to profit by the very 

 unusual cultural opportunities so nearly presented. That 

 Museum people do not largely benefit by their contacts is 

 evident from the fact that they are so rarely seen in the ex- 

 hibition halls. At least, we rarely see them. But that may be 

 partially explained by our own infrequent presence there. 

 It would be well worth the while of us all to make a point of 

 hunting up new exhibits and of making pilgrimages, now and 

 then, to some of the old ones we have never seen. 



To make the most of dull hours, to make the best of dull 

 people, to like a poor jest better than none, to wear a threadbare 

 coat like a gentleman, to be outvoted with a smile, to hitch your 

 wagon to the old horse if no star is handy — that is a wholesome 

 philosophy. 



Bliss Perry. 



