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allowed to resume her work iii that field. There is room 

 enough for all ; and we have been so liberal in former years in 

 throwing open our treasures to the world that people cannot 

 call us greedy simply because we wish to continue, in friendly 

 rivalry with them, our researches with regard to the early 

 history of civilizatiou in the Xearer East, in wliich we have 

 been enciaiTed so lone. 



