With spring hay green around them and hills visible all around, Jefferson, Monroe, and others gathered behind you at the corner of Pavilion VII, to lay the first stone. They worked from a design that had occupied their minds and their public engagements for almost a decade. In 1818, Mr. Jefferson wrote that instead of constructing a single and large edifice . . . Look around for a moment. It belongs to all Americans and all who admire America, and especially to those who live and work in universities.
Many people come here to see a treasure of architecture.
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