Library of Congress and the Interior Decorations: A Practical Guide for Visitors with Descriptions of All the Painting, Sculptures and Statues, the Wall Quotations, Floor Plans, and Sixteen Interior Views from Photographs |
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... Corner pavilions 12 , 23 Printers ' Marks Second Entrance pavilion 12 Reid Knowledge , etc. Second Entrance pavilion north 12 Reid Senses Second Entrance pavilion north Ruckstuhl Portrait Busts Portico 16 16 16 15 DO DE 3 4003 TOMAMO ...
... Corner pavilions 12 , 23 Printers ' Marks Second Entrance pavilion 12 Reid Knowledge , etc. Second Entrance pavilion north 12 Reid Senses Second Entrance pavilion north Ruckstuhl Portrait Busts Portico 16 16 16 15 DO DE 3 4003 TOMAMO ...
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... corner pavilion and of the west façade have carved , in the keystone on the arch , heads representing Races the several races of men . These were prepared from material of gathered by the National Museum . The types are , in order from ...
... corner pavilion and of the west façade have carved , in the keystone on the arch , heads representing Races the several races of men . These were prepared from material of gathered by the National Museum . The types are , in order from ...
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... corners of the cone of the ceiling are Martiny's flying half - figures sup- porting cartouches upon which appear the device of the lamp and the book . Commemorative tablets in the ceiling bear the names of Moses , Herodotus , Dante ...
... corners of the cone of the ceiling are Martiny's flying half - figures sup- porting cartouches upon which appear the device of the lamp and the book . Commemorative tablets in the ceiling bear the names of Moses , Herodotus , Dante ...
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... corners of the panel are boyish genii , and shields of the States . Beginning at the north , the first is Indigo , the Light of Science .-- Science is represented in the figure of Astronomy , borne upon a winged chariot , exploring the ...
... corners of the panel are boyish genii , and shields of the States . Beginning at the north , the first is Indigo , the Light of Science .-- Science is represented in the figure of Astronomy , borne upon a winged chariot , exploring the ...
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... corners below , with the symbols of book , torch and lute . The ceiling decoration shows the Greek lamp , Minerva's owl , books , palms , girls with garlands and heralds of fame . The inscriptions in the center and the corners are ...
... corners below , with the symbols of book , torch and lute . The ceiling decoration shows the Greek lamp , Minerva's owl , books , palms , girls with garlands and heralds of fame . The inscriptions in the center and the corners are ...
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American eagle arch Archæology ARCHITECT Architecture book-stacks border bronze doors building caduceus Capitol cartouche carved Central Stair Hall CHIEF OF ENGINEERS corners decorations dome east hall EDWARD PEARCE EDWARD PEARCE CASEY emblematic emblems Entrance Pavilion-First Entrance Pavilion-Second female figures Fust Gallery garlands genii genius globe goddess Greek Herodotus holds Il Penseroso inscribed inscription interior L'Allegro lamp laurel-crowned Librarian's Room LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Light Literature lyre Lyric Poetry MANTEL marble Martiny's Minerva mosaic Muse Music names naval crown Niehaus North Corridor North Hall Northeast pavilion numbers Omphale open book palette Parthenon PAVILION OF SECOND Pavilion-Second Floor peace picture pneumatic tubes Poetry Printers reclining represented rostral column Rotunda Science scroll Sculpture seals Second Entrance pavilion SENATE READING ROOM series begins serpent shield Sibyl side SMITHMEYER South Curtain Corridor South Hall Southwest Pavilion stack Standard Guide story supporting sword symbols tablet torch tympanum typified wall West Corridor winged woman
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Page 13 - This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost ; And — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 21 - To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
Page 22 - 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 16 - God, That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event, To which the whole creation moves.
Page 5 - There was a Boy : ye knew him well, ye cliffs And islands of Winander ! — many a time At evening, when the earliest stars began To move along the edges of the hills, Rising or setting, would he stand alone Beneath the trees or by the glimmering lake, And there, with fingers interwoven, both hands Pressed closely palm to palm, and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls, That they might answer him ; and they would...
Page 16 - As one lamp lights another, nor grows less, So nobleness enkindleth nobleness.
Page 12 - Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Page 21 - Let our object be, OUR COUNTRY, OUR WHOLE COUNTRY, AND NOTHING BUT OUR COUNTRY. And, by the blessing of God, may that country itself become a vast and splendid monument, not of oppression and terror, but of Wisdom, of Peace, and of Liberty, upon which the world may gaze with admiration forever...
Page 6 - The knighthood-errant of this realm and all The realms together under me, their Head, In that fair Order of my Table Round, A glorious company, the flower of men, To serve as model for the mighty world, And be the fair beginning of a time.
Page 15 - The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath work ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit.