All we wish is a taste in the country and a little more wealth....

In order to create a taste, however, pictures, first-rate pictures, must be introduced into the country, for taste is only acquired by a close study of the merits of the old masters.

In Philadelphia I am happy to find they have successfully begun.

I wish Americans would unite in the thing, throw aside local prejudices and give their support to _one_ institution.

Let it be in Philadelphia, since it is so happily begun there, and let every American feel a pride in supporting that institution; let it be a national not a city institution.