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Show I . I Symbol of ur Might H ! I "When tho traveler approaches the H 9" strange nnd fasctiintlng, hut most dis H tt rouraglng, city of Constantinople from H iljjv tho Bca of Marmora," says n well- H y known writer, "he will find tiding at H - ' . 35 anchor In tho lkisporus, opp'isito tho B I i, f city, two men of-war representing each H ' fjr ono of tho great nuropeitii powers, B , V with their national ensigns Hinting nt M 1 i their pinnacles. If ho Is an American, H I perhaps his prldo will bo touched it i , ' lilt that thcro Is no ship to represont g ' " tho groat power of tho western homl- I sphere If, howovcr, ho will snil a fow mllos up that wonderful Btream which separntes tho Occident from tho orlonl nnd mnrks tho battleground whore civilization nnd barbarism havu contended for hundreds, yus, thou- , 1 n. - sands of years, ho will Bee, high up nbo( the liuimrus. on n bluff of tho woMorii sliutv the buildings of llobert allege, founled and sustained by Americans They faie the stream nnd tho opposite ABlntlc hhorp Just ho-neath ho-neath them at tho water's edge nro tho ruins of two unrlent forts, that hnvo plnyod their part In many wnrs. Thcro, llontlug nhovo Hobort collego, tho stars nnd stripes kiss tho breezes and tho beacon light of liberty nnd education ed-ucation Khlues lorth. What moro glorious symbol could thcro bo of tho laud wo lovo nnd of tho Idea that makes that land great and powerful an Idea of which tho press Is, and Is to bo, the chief defender nnd oxponent, ns surely ns 'tho pen la mightier than tlio sword'?" |