...ignorance is probably without loss to him, no error without evil." " I bequeath the whole of my property to the United States of America to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among...

...death of my said nephew without leaving a child * * * I then bequeath the whole of my property * * * to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among...

...Everybody who is interested knows that James Smithson, an Englishman, bequeathed his fortune of $500,000 " to the United States of America to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among...

...which was contained in the following clause of Smithson's will: "I bequeath the whole of my property to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among...

...v. Drummond (at the Rolls. 12 May 1838), may be applicable, where Lord Langdale decided, that a gift to the United States of America, to found, at Washington, under the name of the " Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase of knowledge among men," was a...

...whole of my property, subject to the Annuity of One hundred pounds to John Fitall, & for the security & payment of which I mean Stock to remain in this Country,...of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an Establishment for the increase & diffusion of knowledge among men....

...institution that bears his name: "In case of the death of my nephew I then bequeath the whole of my property to the United States of America to found at Washington under the name of the Smithsonian Institution an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men."...

...remarkable will, which contained this even more remarkable clause : " I bequeath the whole of my property to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishJAMES SM1TIIMON ment for the increase and diffusion of...

...death of my said nephew without leaving a child * * * I then bequeath the whole of my property * * * to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among...

...June, 1829. At his death it was found that his will read: '• I bequeath the whole of my property to the United States of America to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among...