Inscriptions over pavilion, Union Station, Washington, D.C.lcweb2.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2001/20010403001in/20010403… · A WELCOME IN THEM ALL . main entrance to Union Station

WINGTON, I

!Y DR. CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT

Late President Emeritus' ' Haward Universitr

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WASHINGTON, D. C.

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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.