The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-09

tached to your rainbow, and In the
alchemy of science the philosophers
stone has become not q product OF
the crucibie. but the sparkling water.
which pours It's healing balm upon
the plain, transmitting the arid waste
into golden fields of grain or the
richer harvest of your orchards and
vineyards.
With reverence we bow In the pres
ence Of your mighty trees, Oldest OF
living things. and trace the fleeing
centuries they recall
with awe we gaze upon the can
yons colored through endless ages by
sunlight and shadow while the stream
cuts it's way silently through the rock
an image of the triumph of unccasing
effort
with delight we view the ripping
waters of your bay. making a shining
pathway for the commerce OF the
world, and overwhelmed by the males
ty of nature as revealed in varied man
ifestations. we humbly exclaim, who
is like thee, O. people blessed by the
living God.''
A Fitting Celebration.
1.-The Panama Exposition. magnifi-
cent In conception and execution. is
fitting celebration of the greatest
engineering Accomplishment In all his
tory. marking as has been well said.
the greatest liberty man has ever TAX
en- with nature. II brings California
and Virginia close together by water,
makes Hampton Rhoads and the
Golden Gate neighbors. Its opening
hastens the day when the Orient will
take its stand by the Occident In all
that tends to progress and develop
ment. when the two will be working
together for all that makes the world
better and lifts humanity closer to
Divinity: when nations Chat have been
sleeping for centuries will be aroused
from their lethargy and will become
potent factors in an unceasing stream
of International traffic on the Pacific
Ocean. which will make 1t highway
of trade rivalling In importance that
of the Atlantic.
The Dream of Jefferson.
THE dream of Thomas jefferson
was that this country should become
refuge for the oppressed of all ma
tions. but we cherish the brighter hope
that through the spread over the
earth of American ideals oppression
! and war shall cease. and that the fun
damental right of mankind to life.
liberty and the pursuit of happiness
shall be universally recognized. On
BuEb Ettfftdi ApuEiudIoUS, DAOhu NS nu-
mainly. lofty as heaven itself, rests
potential reason for the Panama
Canal. tie completion of which we
make memora BILE here.
The Pyramids commemorate the
Pharoahs. the Tai Mamal immortal
ICES an undying love, the Suez Canal
brought fame to de Lesseps the Al
| pine tunnels are marvels, the Kiel
! Canal Is a monument to German FORE
sight. but the Panama Canal is greater
| than them all, not alone because IL Is
| the supreme triumph of the genius
OF our race, but because II Is the
greatest contribution of all time to the
means of communication between the
nations OF the earth. IL represents
an enormous investment held by the
United States primarily for its own
purposes. but held also in trust for
the benefit of the world, and as such
it incarnates a new and vital thought,
derived not from precedents and Dip
lomstic notes of premiers, but from
the heart of great people, seeking
to bring us closer together. not only in
trade and commerce but in sympathy
and common striving for the betters
ment of mankind.
In Spanish romance California Of
old is located near the terrestrial
PARADISE. surely the WoHuertui parks
of San Francisco. sloping down to the
azure waves. the myriad courts OF the
/ exposition buildings filled with treas
ure from every cline, the jewsled
spiendor of your towers, the airy grace
and dazzling richness of your domes
and minarets surpass the tabled love-
illness of that land of mystery and
seem H1e embodiment OF the fairest
fancies OF poet, painter and sculptor.
such Is the splendid vision that
ereets our eyes in a city which has
risen in statefier beauty from fire
which less than decade ago desoiated
its high places.
Distance forbids us send to your
exposition an elaborate exhibit of Vir-
ginias resources. We have sent you.
however in highly-condensed form, a
collection of G,e products of a single