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... memorial mi . - mile , miles mon . - monument mus . - museum Mt. - Mount N. - north nat . - national p . - page , pages P. E. - Protestant Episcopal P. S. - Public School pk . - park pl . - place pres . - President Presb ...
... memorial mi . - mile , miles mon . - monument mus . - museum Mt. - Mount N. - north nat . - national p . - page , pages P. E. - Protestant Episcopal P. S. - Public School pk . - park pl . - place pres . - President Presb ...
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... Memorial Monument , 242 ; c . The Bureau of Fisheries , 245 ; d . The Army Medical Museum , 247 ; e . The Agricul- tural Department Buildings , 252 . II . The Smithsonian Institution - The Building 219 240 Smithsonian .255 260 III . The ...
... Memorial Monument , 242 ; c . The Bureau of Fisheries , 245 ; d . The Army Medical Museum , 247 ; e . The Agricul- tural Department Buildings , 252 . II . The Smithsonian Institution - The Building 219 240 Smithsonian .255 260 III . The ...
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... Memorial Hall , Ameri- can Red Cross , Corcoran Gallery , State , Army and Navy Building , Court of Claims , Decatur House , Lafayette Sq . , St. John's Church , Russian Embassy , Scott Circle ; also same points of interest as Line 1 ...
... Memorial Hall , Ameri- can Red Cross , Corcoran Gallery , State , Army and Navy Building , Court of Claims , Decatur House , Lafayette Sq . , St. John's Church , Russian Embassy , Scott Circle ; also same points of interest as Line 1 ...
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... Memorial ( p . 221 ) , 14th and N Sts . N. W .; Rev. G. M. Diffenderfer , Pastor . - Epiphany ( p . 207 ) , 16th and U Sts .; Rev. Charles F. Steck , D. D. , Pas- tor.-St. Paul , cor . 11th and H Sts . , N. W . , - Atonement . North ...
... Memorial ( p . 221 ) , 14th and N Sts . N. W .; Rev. G. M. Diffenderfer , Pastor . - Epiphany ( p . 207 ) , 16th and U Sts .; Rev. Charles F. Steck , D. D. , Pas- tor.-St. Paul , cor . 11th and H Sts . , N. W . , - Atonement . North ...
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... Memorial , 14th and R Sts .; Rev. Bernard Bras- kamp , Pastor . - Gurley Memoriai , 14th St. and Meri- dian Place . - Northminster , 11th St. and Rhode Island Ave .; services II A. M. and 7.45 P. M. - Washington Heights , Columbia and ...
... Memorial , 14th and R Sts .; Rev. Bernard Bras- kamp , Pastor . - Gurley Memoriai , 14th St. and Meri- dian Place . - Northminster , 11th St. and Rhode Island Ave .; services II A. M. and 7.45 P. M. - Washington Heights , Columbia and ...
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14th St Aisle Alcove American architect Avenue bas-relief bronze building Bureau bust Capitol central Charles Chevy Chase Church Club collection Congress Connecticut Connecticut Ave contains Corcoran corridor Court Daniel Huntington designed District door East Wall entrance erected exhibits F St façade floor formerly G St Gallery George George Washington Georgetown gift granite grounds H St Habitat Group Hall Henry History Hotel Indians James John John Quincy Adams Lafayette Square Library Lincoln marble Martha Washington Medallion Memorial modeled monument Mount Vernon Museum N. W. cor National Navy North Wall occupied Office opposite original painting panels Park Pavilion Pennsylvania Ave portico Portrait Potomac Potomac River pottery present President representing Rotunda Scott Circle sculptor Secretary Senate side Smithsonian South Wall specimens square stands stone story symbolic tablet Thomas tion Tribes visitor Washington West Wall White House William wing
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Page 380 - Blessings be with them — and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares, The Poets, who on earth have made us Heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! Oh ! might my name be numbered among theirs, Then gladly would I end my mortal days.
Page 355 - IN THIS TEMPLE AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS ENSHRINED FOREVER In the side halls, on N.
Page 379 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Page 255 - I mean stock to remain in this country, to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Page 245 - It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If, to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair: the event is in the hands of God.
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Page 512 - The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on life's parade shall meet The brave and fallen few; On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And Glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Page 398 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none...
Page 391 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life.