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*"I then bequeath the whole of my property...to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the **Smithsonian Institution**, an Establishment for the increase & diffusion of knowledge..."*
- [James Smithson][1] (1765-1829)


[1]: http://upstream.openlibrary.org/authors/OL2394098A/James_Smithson

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