102 RECORDS Jan. 1915. 



among his fellow men than that great con- 

 cinder of personal human schemes, death, 

 would allow. 



This longing we find evidenced in pyra- 

 mid, in comlech or cairn, in barrow or buri- 

 al mound, and in monument; all indicative 

 of an ardent endeavor on the part of the in- 

 dividuals, by whose desire they were erected, 

 to stretch a hand through the centuries and 

 retain a hold upon mundane affairs. 



As these sepulchral monuments of the 

 past are undoubtedly closely connected with 

 the history of the peoples or individuals by 

 whom they were constructed, much atten- 

 tion has been given to. them hy historians 

 who recognize their importance as way stones 

 which in a measure mark the progress of civ- 

 alization through the ages. 



While these more permanent monu- 

 ments have attracted considerable attention 

 also as being expressive of the status of art 

 and very largely of the religious ideas of 

 the times when they came into existence, of 

 very little less importance, as expressing sim- 



