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Show Memorial Worthy of America's Great Strikingly in contrast are the two memorials by the banks of tha Potomac Poto-mac to two great American Presidents, The tall shaft which expresses the nation's na-tion's tribute to George Washington is wholly different from the lower, square, temple-Uke memorial to Abraham Lincoln Lin-coln a short distance to the west. Each Is a perfect example of Its style. Each Is a. complete expression of tha nation's thought. The Washington obelisk rises high above all other structures In the capital. capi-tal. It Is simple, pure and stately. It dominates the landscape. For many miles It is visible, the first mark of Washington, the city. It Is of a form that In the ancient days was adopted to perpetuate the fame of the rulers of Egypt, a classic type, geometrically perfect, archltecturhlly complete. The Lincoln memorial could not have been effective if similar to Its loftier neighbor. There could be no second tall shaft without lessening the significance sig-nificance of each. Between Lincoln and Washington stretched a apace of 64 years, from tha end of the former's term to the beginning begin-ning of the letter's, a little less than the space that has elapsed since Lincoln's Lin-coln's death to this day. Thus In a way the Lincoln memorial marks tha midpoint of the national career to tha present from the first administration under the Constitution. Other memorials will doubtless arise to the great men of the nation who have rendered valuable services, but none will be more eloquent than these two. |
