Close view of the west entrance. The inscriptions on the face of the building are:

(left side of photo) TO SCHOLARS AND LABORIOUS INVESTIGATORS WHO, IN THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW, GUARD THE LAMP OF KNOWLEDGE AND, CENTURY BY CENTURY, INCREASE THE SAFETY OF LIFE, ENLIGHTEN THE MIND AND ENLARGE THE SPIRIT OF MAN.

(right side of photo) TO THE ANCIENT RACES OF AMERICA, FOR WHOM THE NEW WORLD WAS THE OLD, THAT THEIR LOVE OF FREEDOM AND OF NATURE, THEIR HARDY COURAGE, THEIR MONUMENTS, ARTS, LEGENDS AND STRANGE SONGS MAY NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH.

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