Photograph by Rau Art Studios 



THE UBERTY BELE IN INDEPENDENCE HAEE : PHILADELPHIA 



Until Freedom's tocsin called to arms a people in defense of their unalienable rights to 

 Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness, the ''music of the spheres" was deemed a Pytha- 

 goran fancy. But the defiance to oppression which throbbed from the throat of Liberty Bell 

 in 1776 will go ringing down the centuries as a pa^an of praise from liberated mankind and an 

 anthem of aspiration for those peoples still struggling toward the goal of self-government. 



But it should not be overlooked that 

 the continuous, unbroken development of 

 the United States of America under a 

 republican constitution has been an in- 

 fluence of incalculable consequence. The 

 whole South and Central American de- 

 velopment has found its inspiration in 



this influence, and a close study of the 

 growth of the constitutional idea shows 

 that there has been no instance of its 

 adoption where this influence has not 

 operated to some degree. 



It has often resulted in a compromise, 

 in vol vine the retention of the monarchical 



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