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lished by ten Doric columns, and commanding a 

 view of the Park Lake. 



Minor Buildings. These included a series of 

 modest structures, among which were the Acety- 

 lene Building, devoted to exhibits of the acetylene 

 industry; the Bazaar Building, which served for 

 the sale of souvenirs of the exposition; the Dairy 

 Building, imitating a Swiss chalet; the Forestry 

 Building, constructed of logs, resembling the 



and shall lead and enlighten our < -liiMrcn's chil- 

 dren. Electricity Building: I'm,. I I | those 

 painters, sculptors, and architect.-, tellers of 

 tales, poets, and creators ol inu !<-, to those 

 actors and musicians who, in tin- .V , \\orld, 

 have cherished and increased the love ol' L'-aiit.y; 

 Panel 11 To the statesmen, philosopher ^. leath- 

 ers, and preachers, and to all those who, in tin- 

 New World, have upheld the ideals of 1 inert v and 



GROUP OF STATE BUILDINGS. 



cabins of the early settlers; the Ordnance Build- 

 ing, which formed a sort of annex to the Gov- 

 ernment Building, and was in the Spanish style 

 of architecture; and the Woman's Building, which 

 was a frame structure, formerly the home of the 

 Country Club. The State buildings included those 

 erected by the commonwealths of Dakota, Illinois, 

 Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Wisconsin, and one by the New England 

 States. The foreign governments that had build- 

 ings were Canada, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Guate- 

 mala, Honduras, Mexico, Porto Rico r and Santo 

 Domingo. In addition to these may be mentioned 

 the buildings of the United Workmen and the 

 Knights of Maccabees, and the Mission Building. 



Inscriptions. Dedicatory inscriptions, written 

 by Richard Watson Gilder, appeared on the vari 

 ous buildings. They were as follow: Agriculture 

 Building : Panel I To the ancient races of Amer- 

 ica, for whom the New World was the Old, that 

 their love of freedom and of nature, their hardy 

 courage, their monuments, arts, legends, and 

 strange songs may not perish from the earth; 

 Panel II To the scholars and laborious investi- 

 gators who, in the Old World and the New, guard 

 the lamp of knowledge and, century by century, 

 increase the safety of life, enlighten the mind, and 

 enlarge the spirit of man. Machinery and Trans- 

 portation Building: Panel I To the great in- 

 ventors and far-seeing projectors, to the engi- 

 neers, manufacturers, agriculturists, and mer- 

 chants who have developed the resources of the 

 New World and multiplied the homes of freemen; 

 Panel II To those who in the deadly mine, on 

 stormy seas, in the fierce breath of the furnace, 

 and in all perilous places working ceaselessly, 

 bring to their fellow men comfort, sustenance and 

 the grace of life. Manufactures and Liberal Arts 

 Building: Panel I To the explorers and pioneers 

 who blazed the westward path of civilization, to 

 the soldiers and sailors who fought for freedom 

 and for peace, and to the civic heroes who 

 saved a priceless heritage; Panel II To the 

 prophets and heroes, to the mighty poets and 

 divine artists, and to all the light-bearers of 

 the ancient world who inspired our forefathers 



justice, and have been faithful to the things that 

 are eternal. The great pylons of the Triumphal 

 Causeway (on the pylons are statues of Courage, 

 Liberty, Tolerance, Truth, Benevolence, Patriot- 

 ism, Hospitality, and Justice) : Panel I The 

 spirit of adventure is the maker of common- 

 wealths ; Panel II Freedom is but the first lesson 

 in self-government; Panel III Religious toler- 

 ance a safeguard of civil liberty; Panel IV A 

 free state exists only in the virtue of the citizen; 

 Panel V Who gives wisely builds manhood and 

 the state, who gives himself gives best; Panel VI 

 To love one's country above all others is not 

 to despise all others ; Panel VII The brotherhood 

 of man, the federation of nations, the peace of 

 the world; Panel VIII Between nation and na- 

 tion, as between man and man, lives the one law 

 of right. The Stadium : Panel I Not ignoble are 

 the days of peace, not without courage and lau- 

 reled victories; Panel II He who fails bravely has 

 not truly failed, but is himself also a conqueror; 

 Panel III Who shuns the dust and sweat of the 

 contest on his brow feels not the cool shade of 

 the olive. The Propylaea: Panel I Here by the 

 great waters of the North are brought together 

 the peoples of the two Americas, in exposition of 

 their resources, industries, products, inventions, 

 arts, and ideas; Panel II That the century now 

 begun may unite in the bonds of peace, knowledge, 

 good-will, friendship, and noble emulation all the 

 dwellers on the continents and islands of the 

 New World. Ethnology Building : I " Knowledge 

 begins in wonder" (Plato, Aristotle, Langley); 

 II " Speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee " 

 (Job xii, 8) ; III " Nothing that is human is 

 alien to me " (Terence) ; IV " And hath made of 

 one blood all nations of men " (Acts xvii, 26) ; V 

 "What a piece of work is a man! " (Shake- 

 speare, Hamlet, ii, 2); VI " All are needed by 

 each one" (Emerson, Each and All) ; VII " The 

 weakest among us has a gift " (Ruskin) ; VIII 

 "No se gano' Zamora en una hora " (Cervantes, 

 Part II, chap. Ixxi) ; IX" O rich and various 

 man! thou palace of sight and sound, carrying 

 in thy senses the morning and the night and the 

 unfathomable galaxy; in thy brain the geometry 



