that they will do it. Would that I could live to see it, but I shall
not."

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The Historical Side of the Court of the Universe



Begin with Mr. Edward Simmon's murals on either side of the Gateway of
the Rising Sun.

Facing east, the mural on the right represents The Nations That Have
Crossed the Atlantic (Greece, Italy, Spain, England, France, etc.) and
the special types are these:

1. The savage of the lost Atlantis.
2. The Graeco-Roman sharpening his blade.
3. Columbus, the type of adventurer.
4. Sir Walter Raleigh, the type of colonist.
5. The priest, representing the Jesuit missionaries.
6. The artist.
7. The workman.
8. The (veiled) Future listening to the Past.

The people of the old world, with all their traditions, cross the
Atlantic, led by the "Spirit of Adventure" (with his bugle calling them
to come).

The mural on the opposite side shows the aspirations, etc., of the group