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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.
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By Dr. G. Brown Goode . This paper was printed for distribution at the Atlanta Exposition, and has since been revised and extended for NATURE. It is based upon the author's essay on "The Smithsonian Institution," printed in 1885, in "The Chautauquan" (vol. v. pp. 275–79), and upon later writings, especially "The Origin of the National Scientific and Educational Institutions of the United States" (Report American Historical Association, 1889, pp. 53–100); "The Genesis of the National Museum" (Smithsonian Report, 1891, ii. pp. 273–380), and the article "Smithsonian Institution" in Johnson's Cyclopædia, new edition (vol. vii. 1895).
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The Smithsonian Institution. Nature 53, 257–261 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/053257a0
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