, 1890-05-08
Recalled by q Visit to the
Athens of To-day.
FULL OF CLASSIC MEMORIES
The Glorious Past Recalled by
Scenes About the Capital
Phoenix Among Nations.
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'o'oss 'ne oou''"e,i' a''" sue ." =, a.
actually makes the Journey, !. H
much farther. L crossed the MIS-
souri, as the sun was sinking on
August "a last. and ON September
"a from tho Saronlc Gulf 1 saw the
sra IT, - u U'rnoe,ns % II woa n
Inna Ian ,S. ionr,iio,, ui,v h,, ,ho ,,noa.,ah,as aud
Us " ,,,,a,.
"e ios sooonS' ow noo
oy the IandmarKs OF history! Noo"
matter of thirty days, but of thirty
centuries.
Vet. stranpo To say Athens "a
oId os E,vn1 a. s,,Ii ,s vouno as
n,..I,. .J.,ha "a Ediso,,
O'" I'''s''i''"'e' ""''
IoSTLE EACH OTHER IN THESE
STREETS,
tho Achorn,on re.sont drivlng his
~ "''" lsa I's ~
vna'coai cart OF 'no W,ue,ossu'
urging on ms patieht donkey, iaueh
with panniers of grapes, or market
Ing his bursting wlne-slSins, has only
70 turn thc corner, ana io' the heroic
age In the glare of the electric light.
Entering the firnus one sees no more
me trireme which settled the oiu
eastern question AT -aiarh,s haf,,
oy, but the modern IRON clau anu
nerchantmahi whiie on 'ne sh1re
the smokestacks OF thirty factories
send up an incense unknown 10 lhe
Olympian gods.
| One should drlye into Athens as
did, over the ancient roadway
once lying between the long walls,
wnich are now quite deuioiisheu
put ne may come W Dy rail-. In
mat case he alights at rniiway sta
llon, sandwiched IN between the
Ceranllcus ana the lheseum, tne
ancient cemetery whose splendid
associations inspired the eiuquencc
or Everett AZ Gettysburg, ana the
most perfect OF all the ancient tenn
pies which time has spared US. BE
yond the Ceraniicus your eye traces
the sacred way over which the
lorch-lit mystic procession used 10
pass TO celebrate the solemn E1ens-
cinian rite; the olive groves
| WHERE PLATO TAUGHT;
| a.. 500. -, n.,,, a,oo,,, ,,s
u p"ss u pLrpa PIN ,'ips w
s'hicb fonoa in ~, n,,ia ,,i,fa N,'
II he .-tl,k..l al n
~, n,ssa,,, hn,,.,,as 80 .nnIi'i amd a,
Hiecarn T,,rnin, " ,nward d ' tho
| M an,,,,, ot,,a',, s,,',i, ~.
ne ovo awaars % 81" " cros.dtns, s,ia,'a. i
~ A;hen".tho Pr Pr ro"rrs frons E6,,so Eabnso
ban,., Dam,os,tarnyy s,i,,,n,J'ad a,.ar
c,r.aoa.', lie 4 r'.o,,oa,,s aant os ~
sunrenne ,r,I,unaI ~ Itcjlsnic imsti Ice
al the dawn of history, scene 700. of
| Paul's proclamation of the un-
known God: the Acropolis. whose
place az heart and citadel of Athens
Is only n typc of its relation TO the
intellectual history of tho world,
mud still beyond brave old IIymetttis
running down to the blue Egean.
Is there any other railway stption
In the world 10 offer such n pnno.
rama? And the ONLY SURPRISING and
inharmonious thing in II all is-the
railway station itself.
In the presence of these stlipon.
dous contrasts, these august assocln-
tions, one Ia awed into silence. TINT
Is he has ever learned in any meas.
ure to realize and reverence the
heroic past. For half lifetime |
had dreamed OF Athens. and Athen.
at last became IL TACT OF my expert
Ience. 40 trunsccnded all nv dream,
that six months of daily contempl,l.
ton has not begun To break he,
SMELL upon me. Exnectipc dIsillu
sion, | have found IL only in the i'm
adeauacy OF my own ideals. Uorf
{ In ali the world one feels that the
| HALE HAS SOr BEEN ToLp
,I., 4, go. h,.ot,t
| Nt't aitat ~ -iRf't 'bih ~ hNAAt VI iNtl
sroece as tba creative how'd hns
shoncd her could have sot Tie st",,,
ior tha mart tbe Crrek roce H.,
nlayad ~, tho worId,s histor,,
Ihis moment I nm wri,in@ in ,h,
snlendidlv sc,,lnturod mnrhIo rhni
~ the nriest ~ Dionys,,s in H.,
D,onvs,ac tbeater RacIod a%,,ns ,u'
iha 1orth wind hv tha, n'ainy,i, "3a,nn i,
snct Tho Acrnnoiis w,th No nc,yva,,' ca no,',
Int tho GIrest Of somthern al ;nss
,ba tbeater Iools nil unon ~,
nnountajns n tho nlain and t,,o 'a,, M
IL IA only onc of the co,,ntiess vii
ncsses that in old Greece unu nm,
nature had got upon excellen
terms, No wonder IA great dram
arose to be the inspiration of re
lipion and patriotism when nat,,r,
herself set the stage and fur
nished forth the scenery. From
the Bema of Demosthcups
center of civic energy; from I'M
Areopaeus, fountain head of ius
tice. from the Acropolis. mt ono,
citadel and sanctuary aud treas
ury of art: from this theater. who's
|, Office was to inform and insplr
, | ,.,,bor ,h,n 80 a,,usa. Fr,,, a., -,