The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-16
Some Facts and r Reflections.

willing, receptive cars, and all about ono
tls gay laughter. and nirth. and beauty.
with youth and ago alike tningling happily
III the restless, moving panorama al liu-
man JOYS and pleasures. Az
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And thus It goes on, while the distant
glorious orb lowers Its golden disc, and
the day gently glldes int to- evening over
Rome and the Plnclan. From the tall.
apnrapet OF the Pncian, the nrst nearby
Interesting object we look down upon is
the noted Plazzn del n Popolo, with liz
marble lions and fountains and here We
see one or the eleven obellsks brought
10 Rome from Egypt, this old i'obclisls
stands In full view Of the happy crowd,
the gay promenadcrs, the thoushtless
3throng upon the Plncian terraces, a very
solemn relic OF antiquity. IL II mntely
rebukes the frivolous crowd. 1t may be
that onlysthe thoughtful will be reminded
OF Its great nge. MS 1t has been standing.
In Rome Il different localities since the
commencement OF the Christian ernj per-;
haps 1T was llewn from some anclent T.
quarry Of the Pharno hs; g r. rom. y ~
"primttivc volcanic graniteFof the Nile
and then had secrets OF pas ages craven
on its sides centuries before a Caesar
wore the purple, or even nspired 70 {. q \
kngiy crown (: who Knows And thls8o !!
amonolith kept Its sccrets long and vel,
surely several thousand years. until Il
hundred yqenrs ago Champollldbl with.
tho Rosetta stone entirfcly3tore away the
veil and made one Of the grent discov
cries Of tho nineteenth century.
Looking westward beyond the ta.wnyS
Tlber and beside IT, we see nc Ole
Castle or ST. Angelo, the ltrimcHse tomb
OF a pa "a i Emperor with the archlangcl
on iits summit still further OF rises
mighty 81 c, surrounded BY n%vast dorn e
here we have st. Peters. and the q, az
Joining palace OF the present r w.
pontI1. Plus X, all in the famous ~ AZ
can. with It's several thousand rooms,
mnny az them fielled with rare treasures
~ 4 # ,vorth many millions OF dollars rs,
Z while the garden OF the Plnclan 5ls ~. q
realized dream OF loveilness In. lts IN 1
finite variety and beauty II als s,,o ~
ries with the usefu, "a ah nn every side
a most generous array OIL Du ls.. , ntr
statues o t distinguished Romans, !, ia.!
who were statesmen, scholars fpIu uit'i =,
poets. hey are thickly seat nns freouentl
ed " i,lk. ,iIese with proper app lica,lom,
yo,, :. could easily study 4 and learn very
much OTTOMAN history from tn tris, s1tvns
cnlges OF human greatnesss. g. aisa henn
likened TO n stage on which comedy ano
traredy made their entrees and exits;
and now It's ragedies belong to inc pas as
satisfied with any clever order Of com
cdy. we are reminded in these e
5gllmpses" We are mostly confined mfr nu 70
suing 4 simiia r line or thought would only
sn , a still greater scope for reflec !,
Ton when know there bs are six o' ~,
nnriant.. md Of hers lust as heavily laden.
With Mt h. many centuries Of history all clue
tered about and tenae9ps!y slInE heE e e
neaa Emnires. we know, think. and
tel I and we here recall that n distin-..
guIshed traveller only anticlpated " ~ =
saying Gin Rome. especially our. great re
rst. pleasure does not come 70 US rom 7,
what we know, but from what We feel.
Alas! how little We know and how mu u.
we feel and still we might add thai !he
abiding pleasure OF knowledge IS not en- :
il,r/y DISCOUNTED by the transient Joy q
feeling the one may be with US con-