Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1907-02-15 | Page 6 | First of Earth's Architects

FIRST OP OF EARTHS architects principles laid down by greece not improved upon our architecture came in the first place from greece egypt assyria persia india and the tar lar east have had but slight influence upon it corn com with mith that wielded by the small arid and mountainous country where starly 3 years ago men made in the domains of art and thought in and experiments which are of immediate and direct value to us even today loday to lo day says the philadelphia record one cannot reflect upon this without a feeling of it shows us the cloge closeness riess of our connee tion with the people of distant ages the community that exis exists tsin in spite of seaming differences difference a among the human species on oui planet k well conducted conduct Pd experiment per formed at one on spot on the earth and in one hour of time ian an ie be of use to the whole world and through aji ages agea the greeks of the fifth and sixth cen aurles it 13 C made such buch an expert ment as aa this when they thought of a certain form of temple with columns and laid down certain rules rulea for its construction and we ot of the awen aleth century turn to the subtle mind ed cd greeks of 2100 2400 years ago when we have to deal with a problem in architecture and want to know how to solve it with elegance and paerl eloa