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... object to get the fund for the United States without a lawsuit in chancery of any kind , if this be practicable ; and towards an end so desirable my further reflections and measures will for a while be directed , taking care that I do ...
... object to get the fund for the United States without a lawsuit in chancery of any kind , if this be practicable ; and towards an end so desirable my further reflections and measures will for a while be directed , taking care that I do ...
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... objects , and if so , the expending it for another object was a still higher power . He controverted the position that if they could not receive it as the beneficiary legatee , they might receive it as the fiduciary agent . If they had ...
... objects , and if so , the expending it for another object was a still higher power . He controverted the position that if they could not receive it as the beneficiary legatee , they might receive it as the fiduciary agent . If they had ...
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... object , " the increase and diffusion of knowl- edge among men , " and a wreath of more unfading verdure shall entwine itself in the lapse of future ages around the name of Smithson , than the united hands of tradition , history , and ...
... object , " the increase and diffusion of knowl- edge among men , " and a wreath of more unfading verdure shall entwine itself in the lapse of future ages around the name of Smithson , than the united hands of tradition , history , and ...
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... object , recommended by Washington in one of his early communications to Congress , has not , as it appears to me , received the attention it merits . For such an establishment , formed and conducted as it might be , would be attended ...
... object , recommended by Washington in one of his early communications to Congress , has not , as it appears to me , received the attention it merits . For such an establishment , formed and conducted as it might be , would be attended ...
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... object more beneficent or dignified than that which the acceptance of this legacy presents to us . And surely , Mr ... objects . I am sure I but speak the sentiments of all the Senators , when I offer him my earnest thanks for the lead ...
... object more beneficent or dignified than that which the acceptance of this legacy presents to us . And surely , Mr ... objects . I am sure I but speak the sentiments of all the Senators , when I offer him my earnest thanks for the lead ...
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Page 632 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Page 2 - I mean stock to remain in this country) to the United States of America, to found, at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Page 942 - The property is bequeathed to the United States of America, "to found at Washington, under the name of the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Page 483 - Institution", to be composed of the Vice President, the Chief Justice of the United States, and three members of the Senate and three members of the House of Representatives; together with six other persons, other than members of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the city of Washington; and the other four shall be inhabitants of some State, but no two of them of the same State.
Page 471 - President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of "War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Postmaster General, the Attorney General, the Chief Justice, and the Commissioner of the Patent Office of the United States, and the Mayor of the city of Washington, during the time for which they shall hold their respective offices, and such other persons as they may elect honorary members...
Page 594 - And the said regents shall make, from the interest of said fund, an appropriation, not exceeding an average of twenty-five thousand dollars annually, for the gradual formation of a library, composed of valuable works pertaining to all departments of human knowledge.
Page 226 - December, 1861, by appointing a joint committee of three members of the Senate and four members of the House of Representatives "to inquire into the conduct of the present war." To accomplish this object the committee was given power "to send for persons and papers, and to sit during the recess of either House of Congress.
Page 595 - ... as they shall deem best suited for the promotion of the purpose of the testator, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 619 - Each memoir presented to the institution to be submitted for examination to a commission of persons of reputation for learning in the branch to which the memoir pertains ; and to be accepted for publication only in case the report of this commission is favorable.
Page 253 - Michigan, acknowledges itself to owe and for value received hereby promises to pay to the bearer hereof the sum of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS lawful money of the United States of America...