Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-28
ROBERT DALE OWEN.

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whose wealth. maze possible the Establishment
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Mt washington FOR the increase and i;sus;on
of kuowjedpe among men The amount of tba
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'rADAi'hiN' ihL SmlfhsoSiAN RESTITUTION
TOT "nlie tnere was III the minds OF some
people an impression that the wishes of the
philanthropic testator yould he di,regarfed IL
being held that the Constitution of the United
States precluded the acceptance of such be-
quest in trust There never was any doubt in
the mind of Owen and by his energy
and argumentative ability he removed the
scales from before the mental vision of
most of his opponents. OF his success he was
very proud. Nothing in all his career af-
forded him greater qualification than the
fact that he had been the author and successful
champion of the measure bv the authority of
which the Smithsonian Institute was organized
This bill was introduced in December. iS45. and
Robert Dale Owen was made chairman of the
select committee to which it was referred John
Quincy Adams. who had made two unavailing
attempts to bring about the establishment of
Ihe ihsu'n!lon; was MS colleague on that COM
reoents amnoiO .ad am5 h ing, Wy is si Lo y, .ne
Of its building committee. The arcbitectural
work ON the building much of which had ito
origin in Mr. Owens suggestive and artistic
mind ranks with The finest i'm the world. Mr.
Owen is said TO have had q special ard happy
faculty for architectural form. and the phreno-
logical chart of his head by Snuryheim gives
him especial credit fo gifts in this direction Mr.
Owen. in IS4g publisbed n hook entitled Hint
on Public Architecture. Confines of the Svs-
TEN OF Education at New Ianark. a book writ
ten Inv him and nrhl; bed ~ CIas,o, in 1901
DESCRIPTIVE of 4 system Of ednc,t;on mode
lannon's bv bis father Robert Owen ia one of
his notable efforts in the canse of human nroo-
ress and seems 10 he in nearest toncb with h.
passion for enlightenment
He was an entbnsiast in ovo~vsb;,o thu,