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the but of Schongauer's, instead of only a late impression from a Schongauer plate, a mezzotint by Von Siegen, instead of merely a Wallerant Vaillant, colorprints by Le Islon and Debucourt, instead of things of little importance by D'Agoty and Janinet, and so on to the end of the list. It is aggravating to be compelled to appear before the[[strikethrough]]?[[/strikethrough]] assembled delegates of the civilized nations of Europe with such a confession of poverty, more especially when all the world knows, that the insufficiency of the efforts put forth by the Museum is due, not to be poverty of the nation, or the incompetence or remissness of those having [[insertion]] the institution [[/insertion]] in charge, but to the neglect of the representatives of the people, into whose hands [[insertion]] has been given [[/insertion]] the welfare, as well as the upholding of the reputation of the United States.
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