An account of the Smithsonian Institution : its origin, history, objects and achievements / [G. Brown Goode].

  • Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896.
Date:
1895
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Credit: An account of the Smithsonian Institution : its origin, history, objects and achievements / [G. Brown Goode]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OF THE Smithsonian Institution ITS ORIGIN, HISTORY, OBJECTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS Promote, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the increase and diffusion of Knowledge: in proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened. George Washington, 1796. I bequeath the whole of my property to the United States of America to found at Washington an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. James Smithson, 1826. Let the trust of James Smithson to the United States of America be faithfully executed by their representatives in Congress : let this result accomplish his object—the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. John Quincy Adams, 1846. n.fcd>