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Page 52
... illustrating the continents and their inhabitants by globes showing the Old World and the New , and their peoples . On the right , or south side of the hall , beside the map of Africa and America , sit two chubby boys- one in the ...
... illustrating the continents and their inhabitants by globes showing the Old World and the New , and their peoples . On the right , or south side of the hall , beside the map of Africa and America , sit two chubby boys- one in the ...
Page 62
... illustrating in a classic style the games and rec- reations of ancient times Throwing the Discus , Wrestling , Running , The Finish , The Wreath of Victory , and The Triumphal Return - in order . In addition to these are the Printers ...
... illustrating in a classic style the games and rec- reations of ancient times Throwing the Discus , Wrestling , Running , The Finish , The Wreath of Victory , and The Triumphal Return - in order . In addition to these are the Printers ...
Page 65
... illustrating clearly by their attitudes , occupations , or implements its characteristics and development . Thus in Music musicians , ancient and modern , are playing before Apollo , the god of song and harmony . Science , an ideal ...
... illustrating clearly by their attitudes , occupations , or implements its characteristics and development . Thus in Music musicians , ancient and modern , are playing before Apollo , the god of song and harmony . Science , an ideal ...
Page 68
... illustrating the processes and development of the graphic arts - etching . photography , and printing of photogravures and half - tones ; and the names written upon the wall tablets are those of men distinguished in science and art ...
... illustrating the processes and development of the graphic arts - etching . photography , and printing of photogravures and half - tones ; and the names written upon the wall tablets are those of men distinguished in science and art ...
Page 69
... illustrating the devel- opment of lithography and the processes a lithograph goes through , whether printed in monotint or in varied colors . Also early and fine modern examples of every sort of engraving upon wood , copper , and steel ...
... illustrating the devel- opment of lithography and the processes a lithograph goes through , whether printed in monotint or in varied colors . Also early and fine modern examples of every sort of engraving upon wood , copper , and steel ...
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Page 121 - I bequeath the whole of my property 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 75 - States, or resident therein, who shall be the author, inventor, designer, or proprietor of any book, map, chart, dramatic or musical composition, engraving, cut, print, or photograph or negative thereof, or of a painting, drawing, chromo, statue, statuary, and of models or designs intended to be perfected as works of the fine arts...
Page 71 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 173 - The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on life's parade shall meet That 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 173 - The neighing troop, the flashing blade, The bugle's stirring blast, The charge, the dreadful cannonade, The din and shout are past...
Page 71 - Over thy decent shoulders drawn. Come; but keep thy wonted state, With even step, and musing gait, And looks commercing with the skies, Thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes...
Page 54 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Page 173 - The heroes' sepulchre. Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead ! Dear as the blood ye gave, No impious footstep here shall tread The herbage of your grave ; Nor shall your glory be forgot While Fame her record keeps, Or Honor points the hallowed spot Where Valor proudly sleeps.
Page 37 - If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.
Page 66 - 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.