Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-09

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! word of the future of our city, and 4
of some Of the good things our
lUiSGolu' Chaaber>has in mind First lett
us eliminate from our mental vocabulary the WORD m
possible" In Todays Thought we quote the Wlse5t 81
the old Romans who says that because thing is hard
for U.S. it does follow that it is unattamabe Whse
might be impossible for one man, alone to acconpls
becomes an easy task for concerted effort oy the many
regiment of soldiers in marching over orldge IS al
WAYS ordered to break STEP column Ct men marching
in RHYTHM would destroy the strongest structure OF Iron
and steel ever erected This fact in the physical world
has its analogy in the infinitely greater realm of MIND
Rhythm is harmony harmony is the secret OF
ton Nothing is impossible for thousand human minds
acting in unison identity of thought identity OF pun
pose identity of aetion-these spell achievement IN what
ever line Of human endeavor
The Chamber of Commerce has outlined in its little
pamphlet mentioned in yesterdays editorial sixteen 90
ects to be accomplished by that oouy lhese are eae
of them so practical, simple utterly ultlnged WIFI
iidealsm that with all citizens working III harmony
each one contributing whatever talent the Almighty has
vouchsafed him. there is not the slightest ambiguity as TO
the outcome
If this be true it means more for Alexandria thanE
even the activities of the late 1t means that wei
shall increase population by natural and healthy m
crement to perhaps double its present number Within the
next three years 1t means that shall be situated on
great thoroughfares that will send their arteral streams
through our midst and enrich and fepenlsh our clvc
system beyond any present measure OF computation
That the Maryland shore of the Potomac, even to the
Chesapeake will become part of domain and
pay its daily tribute merchants That the riches
of the famed Valley of Virginia will pour themselves into
the lap of Alexandria, to be there sorted and packed and
converted into finished products for distribution to the
great markets Of the world That City Plan, compre
hendg systematic development Of city for years to
come will day give to Alexandria world wide fame
as City Beautiful. That majestic river. long
neglected in its magnificent possibilities, will again be-
come the tie that binds to all the ports and nars of ALL
the Seven Seas. That pigrmages will be made by thou
sands all the recurrent years. to Alexandria, as the hal
lowed shrine of historic America where liberty first
sprang into being in the heroic hearts and minds Of
great Virginians
It means that the neighborng coa-felds will pour|
their dusky treasures into Unsuitable furnaces pillars Of
cloud BY day and pillars of fire by night that will create
the wealth that the brthright of Alexandria,
TO summarized these things are possible if every
man, woman and child in our city will work to make them
so! With unity of purpose unity Of thought and unity
of action part, they will become realities Wei
have made this editorial in part, 4 vision But every
been an ideal in his mnda vision that first gowed and
took shape in his maginaton-ti his whole intellectual
horizon became filled with the dazzling forms Of fancy
that he saw naught else by day or night.
If the Gazette had not visuaized the thirtythreeI
great facts given life and reality by chamber of COM
merce it would indeed have ventured into these fields of
prophecy with some hesitation. But what has
been done again be done. We therefore, bespeak |
for that worthy body of upon whose shoulders have
rested the burdens of past achievement that universal
confidence and cooperation, which they deserve and
which shall cheer them on to- still greater endeavor
The thrtyfacts of the past become thirty-three ar
gunents for the future! .