Excerpt from Memorial of the Celebration of the Carnegie Institute at Pittsburgh, Pa; April 11, 12, 13 1907: Comprising a Complete Description of the Exercises Connected With the Eleventh Celebration of Founder's Day of the Carnegie Institute and Opening of the Enlarged Carnegie Library Building<br><br>We now come to another branch, the Art Gallery and Museum, which the city is not to maintain. These are to be regarded as wise extravagances, for which public revenues should not be given, not as necessaries. These are such gifts as a citizen may bestow upon a community and endow, so that it will cost the city nothing.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.