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Parthenon if you substituted modern race-horses for those 

 admirable little chargers the Athenians loved so well! 

 They have the true hippie beauty; fine curves every- 

 where ; if they are not servile copies of pure nature, it is 

 only because they reach a still higher fidelity to the 

 Divine idea. Yet there exists a type superior even to 

 the noble horse of Phidias. In the heart of Nejed, where 



Front of the Parthenon. 



the long-pursed unbeliever comes not, blooms the flower 

 of equine loveliness. Who that delights in horses would 

 not envy Mr. Palgrave his sight of the stables of Feysul, 

 the royal stables of Nejed ? Ut rosa flos floruni, so are 

 those the stables of stables ! The bold traveller, at his 

 life's hazard, saw with his bodily eyes what our painters 

 see only in their dreams ! 



Parthenon Frieze. The Parthenon a temple at Athens, the most perfect 

 specimen of Greek Architecture. The frieze or flat space above the columns 

 is covered with sculptures by Phidias the famous Greek Sculptor. 



Nejed or Nejd. A province in Arabia where the famous breed of Arabian 

 horses is reared. Mr. W. Gifford Palgrave an Englishman travelled much in 

 the far East and especially in Arabia. 



Ut rosa Jlos florum, as the rose is the flower of flowers. 



