. "My country, 'tis of thee!" or, The United States of America; past, present and future. A philosophic view of American history and of our present status, to be seen in the Columbian exhibition. ^, have adeep interest in the laborers of the vales—in thecelerity, the excellence and the success of whatthey do, and in the comfort and happiness oftheir general condition. As Emerson has wiselysung, in that sweet poem of his : All are needed by each one ;Nothing is fair or good alone. There is also another thought suggested byour topic which contains a world of are apt to speak, in our d
. "My country, 'tis of thee!" or, The United States of America; past, present and future. A philosophic view of American history and of our present status, to be seen in the Columbian exhibition. ^, have adeep interest in the laborers of the vales—in thecelerity, the excellence and the success of whatthey do, and in the comfort and happiness oftheir general condition. As Emerson has wiselysung, in that sweet poem of his : All are needed by each one ;Nothing is fair or good alone. There is also another thought suggested byour topic which contains a world of are apt to speak, in our discussions, of the. worlds fairs. 177 progress of industry, but do we always ask our-selves wherein that progress consists ? Is it inthe greater perfection to which, in modern times,we have carried the works of our hands ? Lookat the elegant tissues of Persia and India, or atthe flexible blades of Toledo and Damascus, andsay in how far we have surpassed these worksof semi-barbarous ages and people, with all ourboasted mechanical improvements! Can weimagine anything more splendid, more rich, andmore delicate than the clothes in which theOriental princes still array themselves, as theirforefathers used to array themselves centuriesago ? Have we yet a dye more brilliant thanthe Tyrian, a sculpure equal to that of Greece,an architecture better than that of the DarkAges, paintings on glass to compare with thosein the old cathedrals, workers in bronze to rivala Cellini ? Is it not the highest complimentthat we pay to a product of skill or genius tosay of it that it is classical, that it is worthyof the models
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