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That feature of Mr. Owens plan which provided for the use of Mme Pruss? was the nearest approach to the great desideratum which had been made. But its efficacy would depend upon the mode of distribution. If the Publications of Mrs. Smithson Pruss? were to be distributed as gratuities, they would be worse than useless_they would serve chiefly to buy votes with. If they were distributed in such numbers as to reach the millions, it would require half the revenues of the country. If they were to be sold for a price by agents of the Institution_it would so complicate the Machinery that it would run down_it would open