In the above article published in The American 
Museum Fournal of May, 1917, we have the voice 
of Mr. Choate in a loyal and proud word for the 
institution which he helped to found. With other 
Trustees he had for nearly fifty years a feeling of 
fatherly ownership and responsibility as year after 
year he watched the organization rise from its in- 
fancy to its present commanding place in Science 
and Education. And for the same fifty years the 
American Museum on its side looked upon him 
with affectionate admiration, and, feeling a con- 
tented mind under the protection of this representa- 
tive of the law, the foremost advocate of the Ameri- 
can Bar, has been able to devote itself unreservedly 
to the work for which it was founded. 
It is delightful to remember how greatly Mr. 
Choate enjoyed the Museum he had helped to 
found. He was a very frequent visitor up to the 
last days of his life. We recall one occasion when 
his enjoyment was very evident. It was one Satur- 
day forenoon in the early spring of 1917, and 
about time for the “Children’s Lecture” to begin 
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