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!Y DR. CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT
Late President Emeritus' ' Haward Universitr
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Attic of Carriage Porch South Elevation
4.HE THAT WOULD BRING HOME THE I
WEALTH OF THE INDIES MUST CARRY
THE WEALTH OF THE INDIES WITH HIM I
SO IT IS IN TRAVELLING-A MAN
MUST CARRY KNOWLEDGE WITH HIM *1
IF HE WOULD BRING HOME KNOWLEDGE
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I FIRE-GREATEST OF DISCOVERIE 4.
ENABLING MAN TO UVE INVARIOUS CLIMATES
USE MANY FOODS- AND COMPEL THEI
FORCES OF NATURE TO DO HIS WORK
VI ELECTRICITY-CARRIER OF LIGHT AND POWER
DEVOURER OF TIME AND SPACE- BEARER '*-3 1. OF HUMAN SPEECH OVER LAND AND SEA ' GREATEST SERVANT OF MAN- ITSELF UNKNOWN- a
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, : THOU HAST PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET
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THE FARM-BEST HOME OF THE FAMILY-MAIN
SOURCE OF NATIONAL WEALTH -FOUNDATION OF
CIVILIZED SOCIETY-THE NATURAL PROVIDENCE
T I 3 O D MECHANIC ARTS-CONTROLLING NEW
FORCES-BUILD NEW HIGHWAYS FOR GOODS
AND MEN -OVERRIDE THE OCEAN- A N D M E
THE VERY ETHER CARRY HUMAN THOUGHT
THE DESERT SHALL RWOICE AND 3LOSSOM
AS THE ROSE
Attic of State Entrance South Elevation
LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIMEST AT BE
THY COUNTRY'S-THY GOD'S -AND TRUTH'S
BE NOBLE AND THE NOBLENESS THAT
LIES IN OTHER MEN-SLEEPING BUT
NEVER DEAD -WILL RISE IN MAJESTY
TO MEET THINE OWN
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East Elevafion
h WELCOME THE COMING
SPEED THE PARTING GUEST
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VIRTUE ALONE IS SWEET SOCIETY
IT KEEPS THE KEYTO ALL
t HEROIC HEARTS AND OPENS YOU
A WELCOME IN THEM ALL
main entrance to Union Station consist?r
of six massive stone columns, two o n
each side and one in front of each pier supporting the maim arches. Upon ped-estals atop of these columns,' gsanite statues about 18 f e e t high are placed, those on the west side of the entrance represenf irng P~ometheus and ThaEes, typifying Fire and Electricity, those on the east side, Ceres sad Archimedes,
typi fying A,qricuEture and Mechanics, while Freedom a d Imaginatiolt a r e de-picted by the central figures. Those on the west side represent two of the great
forces connected with the operation of railroads, those on the east owe much of their development and wealth to the rail-roads. The central figures typify the. atmosphere of freedom in zevhich the in-ventive imaginatio~zhas been able -to ac-
complish suck great results. The columm ' f ink ing the ' carriage
entrance and state erntrance are sur-
mounted by stone eagles about 8 feet 7aigh.