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with each other and with extra-]\Iuseum agencies. 



Whatever our work or rank, it is safe to say that none of us 

 is completely advised on all these subjects. Our value to 

 the Museum is greatly affected by the ])readth of our under- 

 standing of Museum aims, methods, accomplishments and 

 needs. These talks are an opportunit3\ The}' may be fol- 

 lowed b}^ general discussion. Any or each of them may be- 

 come a Hvely forum where opinions may be exchanged and 

 real ideas stimulated and developed. 



Their success, of course, lies with the employees, of whom 

 each is urged to give hearty support to the experiment. Half 

 to three quarters of an hour once in two weeks — perhaps, a 

 little later, once a month — isn't much to give; but it may 

 give much. 



THE WORKS OF PEACE 



There remains to us a great duty of defense and preserva- 

 tion; and there is open to us also a noble pursuit, to wliich 

 the spirit of the times strongty invites us. Let us advance 

 the arts of peace and the works of peace. Let us develop the 

 resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its in- 

 stitutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we, 

 also, in our da}^ and generation, may not perform something 

 worthy to be remembered. 



Daniel Webster. 



