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which are household words to the student of Grecian history, 
were of an elevating, instructive and inspiring character. 
As we left Pirceus, the Port of Athens, our eyes were riveted 
on the city and the heights around, held sacred by successive 
civilizations to our time, and as these were lost to sigh twe 
approached Cape Sunium, where Byron wanted 
‘““ Swan-like to sing and die,” 
and were soon among the famed Cyclades. We passed Chios, 
Lesbos, and Lemnos, ‘‘ The Isles of Greece where burning 
Sapho loved and sung.” 
We came to the Dardanelles and Abydos, with the bridge 
of boats and the Hero and Leander Associations. We thought 
of Byron’s ‘“‘ Bride of Abydos,” wherein is the beautiful 
tribute to this neighbourhood,— 
“Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, 
Where the flowers ever blossom, the leaves ever shine, 
Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, 
And the voice of the nightingale never is mute.” 
We passed through the Sea of Marmora and our first sight 
of Saint Sophia on the heights of Stamboul is a memory 
always treasured. Words cannot describe the pitch of excite- 
ment attained when we rounded Seraglio Point and sailed 
slowly into the Golden Horn. The treasured buildings and walls 
of the once great eastern metropolis, Constantinople, were 
spread before and around us. Of the wonderful sights seen while 
visiting here for two days, the views I shall place before you 
will give some faint impression. This must be the method,— 
with viva voce explanations, as we go through the remaining 
sights of our journey—Smyrna and Ephesus, with explorations 
in full swing,—the remarkable volcanic island Santorin, with 
its unique city Thera perched high on embattled crags,—Crete 
with its interesting cities and its guardian soldiers of triple 
nationalities,—as well as Naples gay and lone Pompei. 
The Greek spirit pervaded throughout and impressed upon 
us more than ever the importance of those famous Greek days 
which Herodotus, Thucydides and Pausanias tell about when 
there were galaxies of statesmen, heroes, orators, philosophers, 
dramatists, poets, sculptors, artists and architects, who created 
and from whom flowed “ those elements of spiritual freedom 
and intellectual culture without which the civilization of the 
modern world would be impossible.” 
The lecture was effectively illustrated by views of subjects 
ancient and modern, but of particular interest were those 
illustrative of the high achievements of the Greeks in Archi- 
tecture, as depicted by the remains in Greece, Ephesus, Crete 
and Sicily. 
