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Show FIRST OF EARTH'S ARCHITECTS. i Principles Laid Down by Greece Not Improved Upon. i Our architecture camo In tho first placo from Grceco. Egypt, Assyria, Persia, India and tho far cast have had hut slight influence upon It, compared com-pared with that wielded by tho small, arid, mountainous country, whore. . nearly 3,000 years ago, men mado In tho domains of nrt and thought in- i vestlgatlons and experiments which 1 are of tmmcdlato and direct valuo to us oven to-day, says tho Philadelphia Record. Ono cannot reflect upon this without a feeling of astonishment. It shows us tho closeness of our connection connec-tion with tho peoplo of distant ages, tho community that exists, In spite of scorning differences among tho human species on our planet. A well-conducted oxperlment performed per-formed at "one spot on tho earth and In ono hour of tlmo can bo of uso to tho wholo world and through all ages. Tho Greeks of tho fifth and sixth centuries cen-turies B. C. mado such an experiment experi-ment as this when thoy thought of a curtain form of tomplo with columns and laid down cortaln rules for its construction. And wo of tho twentieth twen-tieth century turn to tho subtle-mind-od Crooks of 2,400 years ago, when wo hnve to deal with a problem In archltocturo and wnnt to know how to solve It with oleganco and precision. |