...characters we owe the letters of Cadmus, the alphabets of Phoenicia, Greece, Rome, England : whereby " have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five...castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished?" 1 When we turn from the consideration of all the wondrous intellectual progress which is associated...

...characters we owe the letters of Cadmus, the alphabets of Phoenicia, Greece, Rome, England : whereby " have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five...palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished?"1 When we turn from the consideration of all the won drous intellectual progress which...

...rhnnu'tera wo owe the letters of Cadmus, the alphabets of Phoenicia, Greece, Rome, England : whereby " have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five...hundred years or more, without the loss of a syllable or 1« tier: during which time infinite palaces, temples, «-allies, cities, have been decayed and demolished?"...

...the work of love. But I would remind you of what Lord Bacon has so thoughtfully and so truly said, " It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar, no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later years — for the originals cannot last,...

...desire of memory, fame, and celebration, and in effect the strength of all other humane desires : we see then how far the monuments of wit and learning...verses of Homer continued twentyfive hundred years and more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles,...

...desire of memory, fame, and celebration ; and in effect, the strength of all other human desires. We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning...? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statuaes of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar, no nor of the kings or great personages of much later years ;...

...characters we owe the letters of Cadmus, the alphabets of Phoenicia, Greece, Rome, England : whereby " have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five...castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished ?"1 When we turn from the consideration of all the wondrous intellectual progress which is associated...

...desire of memory, fame, and celebration, and in effect the strength of all other humane desires : we see then how far the monuments of wit and learning...verses of Homer continued twentyfive hundred years and more, without the loss of a syllable or letter ; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles,...

...But then he adds, " the monuments of wit and learning are more durable than monuments of power or of hands. For have not the verses of Homer continued...castles, cities have been decayed and demolished." Frederick, called in English the Great, and in German the Unique or Only (der einzige), had an instinct...

...fame and celebration, and in effect the strength of all other human desires. We see, then, how far tho monuments of wit and learning are more durable than...been decayed and demolished ? It is not possible to havo the true pictures of statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar, no, nor of tho kings or great personages...