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...Harvard University thanks your majesty for your inspiring message to Prince Henry and for your munificent gift. May your acts draw together two kindred peoples...
...examination of the portfolio handed to President Eliot by Prince Henry of Prussia, shows that the gift of the German Emperor to the Germanic Museum will consist of a number of reproductions of German Sculpture, dating from the beginning of the eleventh to the end of the eighteenth century. The earliest works represented are the famous bronze doors of the cathedral at Hildesheim made in about 1015. The most modern piece is the marble statue of Frederick the Great, made by Gottfried Schadow at Stettin. The works vary in size from the masks of dying warriors over the Arsenal...
...Europe on leave of absence, has received a letter from the United States Minister at Berne, announcing that the Harvard Germanic Museum is to be given plaster casts of representative Swiss sculptures, copies of which are now being prepared at the National Museum, Zurick. These casts will be the gift of the Swiss federal council, and should make a valuable addition to the collection already contributed by Emperor William...
President Eliot in response asked the Prince to carry to the Emperor the sincere thanks of the University for his splendid gift which will be of the highest value in teaching the history and development of the German people...
...Emperor William. In substance it ran as follows: "Heartiest thanks for your message. I congratulate you on your successful trip, and wish you much happiness on receiving the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Harvard University, the highest mark of distinction that America can confer. May my gift of the casts of German art prove to the professors and students of Harvard University a pledge of co-operation and an incentive to future work...