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to it be turned over to this section. If this is done they will be [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] ^[[do good]] service, whereas at present they do little or none. The attention given to such a special library ought not, however, to stop here. In accordance with the original aim of the section, it is quite indispensable that it should collect all technical and historical treatises relating to the graphic arts, and more especially the former. So far as American productions of this kind are concerned, the direct aid of Congress might again be invoked here. It is desirable also, and indeed, necessary, that a number at least of the journals [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[strikethrough]] dealing with the graphic arts should be kept, including those in which the development of the modern photo-mechanical processes are recorded.  

It stands to reason that the plans for the future ^[[so far outlined]] cannot be carried out, unless considerably more room can be devoted to the collections, and unless the service can be provided which will make it possible to throw them open for the use of students. It will be quite impossible, - and, indeed would not be desirable if it were possible, - to exhibit all the material collected and to be collected. Rooms will, 

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