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and arranged with rare skill. No other institution of the 
kind in the country has manifested its activity in so many 
ways or with greater success. 
If such an establishment as the proposed Gardens and 
Aquaria is to be anything more than a mere pleasure 
ground, either a new organization, expressly established 
for the purpose, must be formed, or the work must be 
undertaken by one already equipped. It is believed that 
besides the saving of the cost and labor of a new organi- 
zation, the confidence of the public, without which the 
undertaking is impossible, will be extended with greater 
freedom to a Society that has already proved its usefulness 
and its power to undertake a work which is only an ex- 
tension of its present operations. The Society, however, 
has no funds to use in this direction, all that it now con- 
trols being trust-funds devoted solely to such work as it 
has already in hand. It has, therefore, by a distinct vote 
determined that the new undertaking must be supported 
through funds obtained for that express purpose. 
It is only just and proper to state that the Society and 
its officers have entered upon this undertaking with no 
desire or object beyond a feeling of duty to the public, 
and they have freely contributed much valuable time and 
labor towards the attainment of this great addition to 
the cause of public education and enjoyment in Boston ; 
success can give satisfaction, but remuneration is not 
possible. 
