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Stanislaw Staszic played a great role in the Warsaw Society of the Friends of Sciences. He was its many years' president, and actively acting scholar and philanthrophist, who set apart funds for the learned society's development. Thanks to his efforts and funds was built Staszic Palace that primarily was appropriated for the abode of Warsaw Science Society. A founder himself was the initiator of establishing library, registry and museum in the Palace. The ideas of Warsaw Science Society have remained feasible till now.