Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-04
PROPHECY
MAY Be FULFILLED
Presidential Campaign May
Spell Justification of Re-
markabIe Forecast.

cay thrice fulf1lleQ In startling CLARITY
may find its fourth and final fulfillmer
In the present presidential campaign
Perhaps, however. the final phase G
the prophecy already has been fulfilled
for the name Thomas Woodrow Wilson
which was that under which the war
time President was christened. fits tn
prophecy and Wilson'S character is we,
defined by the document.
The prophecy is embodied in a poer
Of Sir William Hope, once deputy gov
ernor of Edinburgh Castle. who wrot
1t on the f1yleaves of his book entitle,
"A Vindication of the True Art of Self
Defence. With a Proposal to the Hon
orable Members IF Parliament for Erect
ing Court of Honor in Great Britain.
and is defense Of duelling
The book with the flyleaf manuscript
now rests in the files of the Library o
Congress.
Already it has forecast with uncann
accuracy the rise of Washington, o
Lincoln and Of Benjamin Harrison
Arthur r. Colburn. Al Carroll avenue
Takoma Park. D. c.. Who dug no tn
phophecy for this campaign, sees in /
forecast Of the victory of the Hoover
Curtis ticket.
The Prophecy.
The prophecy is as follows:
This day is Graded far beyond the
sea.
One starred by fate to rule both
bond and free.
And double four. this Ak the destined
day
When servile knees unbend meath
freedoms sway.
Place six fore ten, then read the
patriots name
Whose deeds shall link him to a
deathless fame.
Whose growing love and ceaseless
trust wrong none.
And catch truths colors from its
glowing sun.
Deaths door shall clang while yet
his century waits.
His planets point the way to others
pending fates.
TIL all the names from Freedoms
scroll shall fade.
Two tombs be built, his lofty CEN
otaph be made
Full six times ten the years must
onward glide.
Nature their portent held constant
guide
Then fateful seven fore shall sign
heroick son
Whom Mars and Jupiter strike down
before his work is done,
Whom cruel fate shall pierce, though
srtless of its sword,
Who lysbyd 0eft) life's gloomy stage
without one farewell word.
A softly beaming star, half yelled by
Mars red cloud.
Virtue. his noblest cloak, shall form
his fitting shroud
Then eight fore eigh: a later gen.
Grafton rules.
And with light undimned shed from
progress schools
Then six again, with added six shall
rise.
Rydplendent (rosplendent ruler,
good and great and wise.
Four skies hold glittering star that
on his way shall shine.
And twice four SKIES mark his years
from birth to manhood's prime.
These truths prophetic shall COM
Ere times deep grave receives the
18th Century.
All planets. stars, twelve signs and
horoscope
Attest these certsin truths foretold
b. William Hope.
The poem is prefaced by the follow
ing:
IT'S sChsldee SAYS his fate is great
Whose stars do bear him fortunate.
OF thy near fate, America,
] read in stars a nrophecv
Fourteen divided. twelve the same.
Sixteen in halls. each holds name.
Four. eight, seven, six. with added
ten.
The life lines mark of four great
men.
Written on Washington's Birthday.
Faded almost to iliegibility bv the
passage of 1876 years, the lines of the
prophecy still stand for themselves
They were written the same month and
the same year, possibly the same day
that George Washington was born. The
6 before 10 of the patriots name could
only be George Washington, who. with
& letters in his first name and 10 In
the surname, became the ruler Of free
men and slaves. was patriot, had two
tombs built for him and lofty
centotaph built for him before the
signatures should fade from freedoms
scroll The scroll referred to bears oul
the prophecy in that the names Of
the signers Of the Declaration OF In
dependence have all but faded from the
paper, whereas the text remains.
The lofty nature of his character ana
work are told and his death. DecembeI
IL. 1893. while yet his century waits,
bear out the prophecy.
The word cenotaph was chosen. Il
seems, with pointed accuracy. It means
q memorial shaft not containing tlns
remains Of the person for whom It j.
a memorial The prophecy Is correct
An even this small detail
Then comes his prophecy of the rise
Of Lincoln. Pull times 10 the years
must onward glide. Then fatefu
seven fore seven the letters in thu
name abraham Lincoln) shall sigr
heroick SON.
The poem goes on to tell how Mar
End jupiter shall strike him down be
fore his work Is done. How, though
artless Of the sword, his softly beanlin!
star would be yelled by Mars red cloud
Then. finally, that virtue would b
his shrcud The date is right. littl
more than so years after the death o
Washington Lincoln spoke no worl
after he was shot by Booth, bearin
cut the prophecy In that he lef
"Life's gloomy stage without one fare
well word"
Then comes what has generally beel
accredited to Benjamin Harrison. TIL
prophecy is not 50 clearly borne OH
here. The eight fore eight" fits onl
the lawyer presidents name. Mos
authorities point out that while hi
fame is not so great rs that Of his tw
predecessors in the prophecy. neithc
Cid he have the opportunity for e1er
cising thu brllliance Of his intellec
His time was not SO trcublous.
Next comes the six cgsin adde
with sly" r~splendent ruler, great an
good sn1 vise. MI Cclburn points on
that the six is Hoover, with added sil
Curtis.
The only single person to whom tn
two skies would apply in tbs presen
campaign, however, is Norman Thomas
SOCIALIST candidate.
Oficials at the Library of Congress
are inclined to the view that the flns
prophecy already has been fulfilled i
the election and passing of Woodrow
Wilson, who was christened Thoma
EIEnnIr0u, EITiIeN11 THE ORIGINAL nan,