It was such respect for knowledge and the cultural tradition, added to British sea power, that enabled the British Empire to scour the world for its treasures and establish a kingdom of museums populated by a countless number of natural and social scientists.
尊重知識、禮遇文化的傳統，加上其後的海上強權，使大英帝國從全世界搜刮了從自然到人文的無盡稀世珍寶，建立起她的博物館王國，也由此培養了無數自然人文的研究精英與重視文化素養的國民。