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thousand dollars is obtained ; and it is hoped 

 that many friends, new and old, o* the Boston 

 Society of Natural History, of the cause of ed- 

 ucation, and of this particular mode of in- 

 structing and elevating- the masses, will respond 

 with their contributions. It is no sense a 

 scheme for the enrichment of those interested 

 in it. Every means will be taken to have it 

 grow by its own strength, and every gain will 

 only enrich and enlarge it and its power of in- 

 struction and enjoyment. No cause not purely 

 charitable appeals to so many classes and con- 

 ditions of men. All employers of men and 

 women must be anxious to provide so commend- 

 able a source of rational enjoyment and recre- 

 ation for themselves and for their employees. 

 Every one interested in education must feel a 

 responsive chord vibrating in his heart. Every 

 public-spirited citizen will see in it an addition 



to the forces which increase the intelligence of 

 the voter and thereby tend to make Boston a 

 more desirable place of residence. 



