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“To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is … the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the sphere of existence.
— John Quincy Adams
6th President of the United States
Report on the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution (c. 1846)
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