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reclamation of marshes ; (6) the retimbering of the exposed parts 

 of the coast. Among the scientific problems, the state affords 

 some matters of surpassing interest. Probably no other known 



derful footprints of the Connecticut Valley. They deserve years 



by a careful re-survey of the whole region. 



Among the many problems concerning the existing life of the 

 state, it is difficult to give in a word the most important. A large 



soon as a survey begins, these will be increased ; from their labors 

 wo may hope for a thorough study of the biology of Massachusetts. 

 The state has already taken advanced ground concerning instruc- 



!, „ J t tin p le. to have can ill % 



: .! valu 'tobe-inuors. This work need be 

 of very little expense to the survev ; the state already has nearly 

 a million of dollars invested in the Museum of Comparative Zool- 

 ogy, and in the work of cataloguing the animals this noble insti- 

 tution can make a substantial return through the students it has 

 trained and the collections it has accumulated. Managed with 

 discretion, this survey could not fail to bring about a great interest 

 in science in our public schools of all grades. With good maps 

 and good catalogues of the natural productions of a country, the 



not be hoped for under other circumstances 'I hi N to M -a u- 



always must lie In her p^wer to produce men preeminently fitted 

 for the work of their day. Other states can, almost without effort, 



against it ; but her intellectual lead, now so clearly established^ 

 may be maintained to the end if she but care to take the steps 

 necessary to keep her energies bent towards this object. She must 

 now foster science as she has established and fostered theology and 



