Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-11-04
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Chicago Isfsr O,<sn
To Ysni.h i = Rssossrire Of the immss-
tai forces Thinss merely Of he eaRfh.
essfhy. decay. Disgusssul povers dessoy
them Bot The spiritual manifestations,
whsse sassasn Yizss2sions dare the World.
yanixn as drt ans DO. but they l<zse eehnd
4 voaes that La the ds<sxses fss sway
waksna tiss sianb~r1ng agss-
Oblivion hes 4 dominion over shem: thsy
are present 90 touch and TO wight: sn~y vau-
ish; there 10 moment Of aesoIsiion; vs
feel doomed to q Sad memory Of that
whics sse szs s~~s-
Asd sss eT Essrs shall BE-
Bat IL 10 a moment that quickly gives
var 10 Al enday.nz kEo~ie5ge Of N unseen
resenes. IL 10 BOT memory Of What has
been, cur possession BY an eternal influence
shst follows the vxBishment Of . great
force.
IL is the embodiment Of the spin; Of the
new scrIa that il about 10 vanish. The
spirit viii endure. and the manifestation OF
is smbo.iimen. also il spiritual inHGsees
that will endure This il the aigh glory Of
the White Ci.y-so ethereal, so vast 30
delicate, xnd yet 40 safsiy tnat
il viii Inspire posterity to things
uninterrupted yet; indeed, 70 things
- yet uaimzgised. IL has besa
more than nicrocosm il has been an IN
rsite suggestion. After all, II may be well
that il was baiit Of perishabls material
There are no .'base ases" 10 xhich any OF
its temples rusy come They hxTe served
noble purposes, they vanish from the griev-
ing eyes Of nnltitudss whose lives they have
ennobled. The world is better for their
having been. They have been an sIposi-
ton 1t may be we'll thai they cannot en-
dure 10 degenerate to show
BY what slow degrees men have learned
20 love them. but how endaring the iove
has become. Der.si0n, incredality, COM
plsisan; efiueism, enthusiastic yenerasion,
are stages through which many minds have
passed. The weather, the high prices Of
transportation, the unfrlendly tone OF th'
Eastern press, all worked against the White
City. And, iadeed, there was cause for
incredulity.
To su'iienly convert a mile square of
barren sand, of swamp, of thieket into a
landscape compared TO which
The gardens o. BhhI in their bloom
are prosaic; TO group plaster palaces of
hitherto unknown dime nsions into masses
that seemed As enduring As the pyramids, TO
embsllish them with mere than CLASSIC grace
and to fiji them With all that delights the e, {
OF thrills the soul to leave no treasure M
gsrnered, from the petty prertiness Of q
renaissance in tiigree to the last revelation
Of astronomy seemed beyond human accom-
plishment.
But when the work was accomplished II
bore testimony for itself; ~hosoevsr saw
~xs sstonishsd. and day by day admiration
Increased. The White City was y city OF
-nrhsnt'nent whose spells grew more potent
daily. And now that its end has come there
is universal grief. and almost universal
prayer that the time of the days of the great
treasure houses may be prolonged.
IL is not possible that the treasures shall
remain loa2er with US. they are loans TO
civiliz 4tion; having done that unto which
they were sent they must return. The
great purpose of the White City is sccom-
plished. 1t already is the vanishing city.
Il has been the queen of cities, queen
enthroned in glory; it s well that it cannot
i've to be deposed and shabby queen. 1t
vanishes; it does no, decay Its lessons and
its majesty are more than enduring men,
ories they are immortal forces.