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Show INFLUENCE OF BALMY AIRS. AraThrjrllu.tlUtotliD H'.t Vlifor or 1 n-courHliig. n-courHliig. K;itliTH Washington. In tho niwne of reason and veracity, out ol what peoples have mainly come the art, the science, the power and tho plory of tho world? From what nations na-tions have we received the richest legacies lega-cies of the human brain and soul? From the dwellers in harsh climates, or from those countries where, life beinsf something beside a ceaseless struggle, with the elements, the soul has had limn to blossom? How about all those enervated and emasculated races, auy-w auy-w n v ? llow about Arabia, which preserved for ages tht! learning of tlie world? How about the entire Orient, "the orig-inatress, orig-inatress, the nest of languages, tho be-iiie:itherof be-iiie:itherof poems?" How about the Hebrews, "ancient of ancients;" tho the old empires of Assyria and Persia and India, venerable mother ud priestess? How about Egypt, builder of imperishable monuments? Did not Palestine send forth a prophet pro-phet or two under her midsummer I Christmas stars? H ere not a "llowing literature, " a rather splendid chivairy, a Cid Cainpe-ador, Cainpe-ador, a Cervantes sent out of .Spain, aud a Columbus and a (lalilea out of Italy? The ancient Komans w.re a tolerably active and energetic- body of men, considering con-sidering the enervating climate a body with a good deal of mind to leaven it withal. Several more than average bright minds came out of other cities of the peninsula. ISay aud laurel come come near hiding tho iilies of Florence Greece reared herself an immortal temple or two beneath her Miiiliug skies. Art, science, philosophy, statecraft, the matchless craft of war. power, knowledge, beauty, all the grace of living liv-ing and the strength of life, the poet, the painter, the iiiu-ici in. the student, the philosopher, the hero, the saint, have all been cradled in the breast of the sacred south. The light of the world through a thousand windows has si reamed from a southern sun. Against their glorious record what shall we set? Russia, Norway, Sweden, Swed-en, t.reat liritian even (iermany. the new home, but not the mother or tho birthplace of music? The sum of these aud niny morn will not balance by a long count the splendid over weight of the other. |