m,
at the same time that the means is furnished wherewith to gratify and
extend this interest.

This is the case which I present to you, and for which I earnestly
solicit your consideration. And that I may add weight to my appeal, I
close by quoting the words of one of America's most distinguished
scientists, Professor William Dwight Whitney, of Yale College, who
writes to this effect:

"The study of American languages is the most fruitful and the most
important branch of American Archaeology."

FOOTNOTES:

[1] H. R. Schoolcraft.

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