Exercises Attending the Unveiling of the Statuary of the Pediment of the House Wing of the United States Capitol Building (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Exercises Attending the Unveiling of the Statuary of the Pediment of the House Wing of the United States Capitol Building Unfortunately some of these distinguished gentlemen did not live to see the fruit of their labors, but, like the fathers who selected the architect of the Capitol, they exercised good judgment, and perhaps builded better than they knew. The act by which this work was authorized was approved April I6, I908, and to us Americans, with our unmatched genius for hurry, eight years seem a long time to wait. But we should try to realize that the creative artist can not get inspiration by contract, nor, like the handicraftsman, work his eight hours a. Day, six days in the week, and do his best, and since seeing the satisfactory result of Mr. Bartlett's labors I am glad that he was given all the time he needed. If Rome had been built in a day, it would not have remained to be the wonder and delight of the centuries. Our little systems have their day, governments rise and fall, customs change, and races supersede one another, but true art alone, especially that of the sculptor and architect, survives nu changing and a joy forever, its beauty increasing with its age. I suppose there are still a few people who believe that such an investment as this is a waste of public money, people who mistake crudeness and bareness for the noble simplicity that Should characterize a democracy. They seem to resent beauty and dignity in public buildings that house the legislative and executive bodies of the Government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.