Underwood & Underwood 



RUINS OF THE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS OF THE GREAT CITY OF ASSUR, THE FIRST 



CAPITAL OF ASSYRIA 

 Just as in these latter days we put records of our times in the cornerstones we lay, so the Babylonian 

 and Assyrian rulers were careful to preserve the records ot their times. Will the distant If™**™*™* 

 the time when men shall excavate the ruins of our cities as we in these days search those of long ago/ 



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