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very efficient staff of his own selection, devolved the whole responsibility and labor of execution. Mr. Owen was a very perfect illustration of what the " one-man power ” ought to be, to which should be confided the work of organizing a national department in a universal exposition. Naturally gifted with remarkable executive powers, he brought to his work a long experience and a great capacity for silent labor. He fully appreciated, the magnitude and importance of his task, and devoted himself wholly and unreservedly to it. He knew perfectly well, both what had to be done, and how to go to work to do it. To him, therefore, was mainly due the very remarkable success of the British display. In him a competent agent had been secured, and he was not trammelled.
If Massachusetts is to be properly represented at Philadelphia, the work of organization should, with as little delay as possible, be entrusted to a similar agent. It would then be for him to acquaint himself thoroughly with the industries, science and art of the State, and to put himself in correspondence with those most willing and competent to represent them. It would devolve upon him to see that the plan of representation was perfect in all its parts ; and to be assured of this he must acquaint himself with the experience of other expositions. Such a labor requires high qualities of patience, industry, thorough education, and, above all, great powers of organization. It calls for a familiar acquaintance with all that Massachusetts has done, and with what she is now doing. To procure such an agent may not be easy, but unless he is procured, and that in good time, the legislature can rest assured that, as respects confusion, waste of money, and poverty of result, the experience of Massachusetts at Philadelphia Will be but a repetition on a small scale of that of the United States at Vienna. The idea that such an undertaking can be brought to a successful result, either through the action of a ny committee, or by means of mellifluous oratory, enthusi- a stic rallies and patriotic appeals, is wholly deceptive. It a bsolutely requires perfect concentration, silent work and exclusive devotion.
There is good reason to believe that every condition exists Necessary to make a decided success of the proposed Philadelphia Centennial. The court pageant, which has played so brill-