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MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. 239
cation, was being asked by a gentleman whether I
had " endorsed" all the errors and absurdities of the
individual alluded to ? I replied, Certainly not, and
gave him authority to state that the paragraph in the
newspaper had appeared without my knowledge or
approbation. This proceeding may have been dictated
by good feeling, and it led to no unpleasant resuits;
but the principle of action involved in it is
dangerous and improper.
Mercantile Library Association.-This evening
I lectured to the Mercantile Library Association, on
physical education, and the attendance must have
approached to 700 persons. They have an extensive
and well selected library, supported by 4000
members, who pay two dollars per annum each for
the use of it and the reading-room. They provide
lectures on the Tuesday and Friday evenings, during
the winter season, for a fee of two dollars each
person; and they have classes for particular branches
of instruction, the fee to each of which is $8 per
annum. The lectures are delivered by the most
eminent and talented men of the Union, but as
each chooses his own subject, they are very desultory.
The association pays as high as $50 for a lecture,
when the individual and subject are attractive.
At the present time it is proposed to engage
permanently, four or more competent professors,
whose duty it shall be to prepare and deliver,
during the greater part of the year, successive and
systematic courses of Lectures upon the various
branches of knowledge, most useful to those who are
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Combe, George, 1788-1858. Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1, book, 1841; Edinburgh, Scotland. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1028/m1/279/?rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.