The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-08-14
BY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN


restored ut cost Of more than a. mil
lion dollars. The race course Is $40
feet long and q little more than 100
feet in width. and the seats are Of
Pcntelic marble. Notwithstanding its
great capaCttY it can not contain the
crowds that assemble to witness the
athletic games, renewed there IN l@9h
by the international Athletic AsSOcia-
ton. Our country has the distinc-
tion Of having led in the contest Of
/ &96. and gain in the contest held at
Athens last April. Our reDresc natives
won II prizes each time, ana / found
that these victories had very taVorably
impressed the people OF Athens.
The stadium is not the only splen-
did monument To the public spirit Of
the modern Greeks. The Academy of
Science and the library are n92gaif-
cent buildings, each costing more
than the restoration of the stadium.
They Illustrate the best in GreClan
architecture, reproducing the Corin-
than. the Doric and the Homie. They
are of PcntoIic marble and would be
worthy OF q place in any city OF the
world. The library contains several
hundred thousand volumes and has
all the modern equipment. Athens
has a population Of but little more
chan 10000, and it is doubtful
whether there is another city of its
size that can boast of as large an eN-
Uenditure OF private capital in public
hulldlhgS- me mountain Nnlch mas mas
SufpiiCU -Al-iN''7 w. i,lei o'o ~ 3I,
years IS oiilN q wv lIiie9 !tHl1i lil0
city and its Quar,ies are still uneN
nausted. Modern Athens is very at
nactiNe: it's streets are paved and
tIts'H' i.9 'l9Iil1'7 l'"9'0 'i !
and Well buIii; ITS government bullH-
-h@S are Sui'9iSIli'iSti Gnu 80
were there in the season of flowers,
and we saw them blooming III prOfu-
sion everywhere.
Numerous statues adorn the streets
and parks. the most noted being the
statue Of EyrOa. erected in memory
Of his unselfish devotion to Greek in
dependence:
The soldiers and policemen have
adopted the costume of the ancient
Greeks but otherwise the people
dress like the people OF northern Eu-
rome
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a,t t;,,,a ~ a,-ll i ,,1,.n f, saarlb
CO.. mo ..ta1,,,,Ie- crowned, Acronolie--
tba lin which art and religion com
f;,,,i - r,,I-n in,t,urfal - rises
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.D4t i 1a,o,ib II met have ,aen
o. ~, il,,f, EI1,,tif,,l ,,'I,cn t1,e Io1r
Iha,,"n ,,>11c. ,nn1nI,e+ol that er1naf
e,-,,,.,, ,,-bicI, ba'c NOT o,,ly e1,,,nIial
ti,. 49, o,IfIa1.iae Of tha world win
',,a,.,'5I. ~ lfnno hnt has ,ri,,eD law tn
lIa a,,,.bito,.te f,,,o7,3 tn1t 1;a1- 10 This
n,;I@Ino Who deserves tho rrodit fnr.
+ba con,t,.,ii.Iinn IF The parfhrnon.
.3n hn naIdnnnd for exllItina in his
,,,n,i-
t,n,l,,- tho Acrono1is ie = nicfure
of dagnirtinn Lut tbe few columns
that Ian,ain bea9. witness In lis dc
t1 rI,.,. T a,.1 J9lgin .ar,iad
. n"' w. @,,,i' tf1,a ga fnat of ma
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tic columns canitaIs cornic and
! No,li,,,D,rt ,t.,,,!I ba,-l ra,1ained but
~, i '1 ,,,i.r,,+ nf t5n ,,oaeses
i'f ~, ,,iIIao mar for nearly
81 '''>'l contu,ial has heen robbinc
creaoe Of ht,. nricniess works of ART