This is important not merely to the artistic but to the material welfare of the country; and the people are to be congratulated on the fact that the movement to establish such a gallery is taking definite form under the guidance of the Smithsonian Institution.
Roosevelt highlights the importance of establishing a National gallery of art for both artistic and material welfare.
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