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not have been the case. _ But if it were so, the under-
signed can see in that fact no good reason why the
design should be carried out, if it be inexpedient to
do so. _ That such however was the original design,
would hardly be gathered from the language of Judge
Story, as quoted in the legal opinion before referred to,
or if it were the design that it was known to him. _

Mr. Curtis says in that opinion "It is worth ^^noting nothing
here, that Judge Story in 1843, in a written report
upon the subject of contemplated improvements at the
Cemetery, alludes particularly to the use of the proposed chapel
for the purpose of a shelter for busts & statues, but is guarded
in his language, & refers only to such "marble busts and
statues & other sepulchral monuments which may from
time to time be placed there by liberal benefactors & friends
in memory of the dead' _ and Mr Curtis adds _
'It is probable that it had not then occurred to his
mind that the Trustees would ever take this thing upon
themselves.. It is therefore very plain, that Judge Story,
the first President of the Corporation, was ignorant of the
fact that these statues formed a part of the original
design.

The undersigned is of opinion, that if the amount
to be paid for these statues should be placed at interest
& the income derived from it be spent upon the grounds, _
in keeping them in more perfect order than has hitherto
been the case, that it would be far more for the repu-
tation of the place, and the pleasure & comfort of the visitors
& proprietors, than would be the exhibition of the statuary
however beautiful. _