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possibly so many hundreds of years, after his discovery in America, yet I am compelled by the fact to declare that the Europeans, because of their interest in the new science, have established prehistoric anthropology on a broader basis and a firmer foundation, and gave to it more thorough and scientific treatment than has been done in the United States. If I make a comparison in this regard between two countries to the detriment of our own, it will only be that we may benefit thereby, may take the warning and so redouble and direct our efforts, using the opportunity and the material which we have, in such improved methods, and with such increased endeavor as that such a comparison in future years will not be to our disadvantage. If the comparison which I am about to make shall increase the energy and direct the attention of our scientists to proper exertions in this regard, I shall feel amply repaid for this labor.
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