 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." 2. The bequest is for the benefit of mankind....  Congressional Serial Set - Page 1241854Full view - About this book
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1872 - 484 pages
...bequest is for the benefit of mankind. The government of the United States is merely a trustee to curry out the design of the testator. 3. The Institution...national establishment, as is frequently supposed, Imt the establishment of an individual, and is to bear and perpetuate his name. 4. The objects of the... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1869 - 488 pages
...bequest is for the benefit of mankind. The government of the United States is merely a trustee to cany out the design of the testator. 3. The Institution is not a national establishment, as is frequently supjwsed, but the establishment of an individual, and is to bear and perpetuate his name. 4. The objects... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1890 - 1050 pages
...4. The objects of the Institution arc(l) to increase, and (2) to diffuse knowledge among men. •r>. These two objects should not be confounded with one another. The first is to enlarge the existing stock of knowledge by the addition of new truths; and tho second, to disseminate... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1860 - 460 pages
...of Organization. 2. The bequest is for the benefit of mankind. The government of the United States is merely a trustee to carry out the design of the testator. 1. WILL OF SMITHSON. The property is bequeathed to the United States of America, '' to found at Washington,... | |
 | Terry A. Barnhart - Social Science - 2005 - 445 pages
...intentions of Smithson's will. As Henry said in presenting the plan of the organization to the public, "The institution is not a national establishment as...individual and is to bear and perpetuate his name." 2 Henry shared the conviction of many scientists then and now that science and the origination and... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1856 - 454 pages
...knowledge among men." 2. The bequest is for the benefit of mankind. The Government of the United States is merely a trustee to carry out the design of the...perpetuate his name. 4. The objects of the Institution afe, 1st, to increase, and 2d, to diffuse knowledge among men. 5. These two objects should not be confounded... | |
 | Science - 1867 - 484 pages
...knowledge among men." 2. The hequest is for the henefit of mankind . The government of the United States is merely a trustee to carry out the design of the...but the establishment of an individual, and is to hear and perpetuate his name. 4. The objects of the Institution are, 1st, to inerease, and, 2d, to... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1865 - 462 pages
...to bear and perpetuate his name. 4. The objects of the Institution are, 1st, to increase, and 2d, *D diffuse knowledge among men. 5. These two objects...not be confounded with one another. The first is to enlarge the existing stock of knowledge by the addition of new truths; and the second, to disseminate... | |
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