. Book of the Royal blue . sion of Harper \ Brothei ANNd DOMINI that time worth but twenty-five millions,unhesitatingly embarked in an enterpriseto complete which has cost thirty-onemillions. We doubt whether there is onrecord a similar instance of commercialpluck. Mr. Thomas still lives in the fullenjoyment of the mens !<an(i in corporesiiiKi and, at the advanced age of eighty-four, has the gratification, in his dailywalks, of seeing around him the magnificentresults of his foresight. Verily, he thatbuildeth is greater than he that destroyetha city, and greater is his reward.
. Book of the Royal blue . sion of Harper \ Brothei ANNd DOMINI that time worth but twenty-five millions,unhesitatingly embarked in an enterpriseto complete which has cost thirty-onemillions. We doubt whether there is onrecord a similar instance of commercialpluck. Mr. Thomas still lives in the fullenjoyment of the mens !<an(i in corporesiiiKi and, at the advanced age of eighty-four, has the gratification, in his dailywalks, of seeing around him the magnificentresults of his foresight. Verily, he thatbuildeth is greater than he that destroyetha city, and greater is his reward. As thecalm approval of the inner mind, the silentand unsought homage of the thinking world,is nobler than the noise of the fitful rabblethat hails the last favorite of fortunate work of construction was com-menced on the Fourth of .July, , withappropriate pomp and ceremony. The ven-erable Charles Carroll, of CarroUton, laid thefirst stone, and pronounced it, next to hissigning the Declaration of Independence,. From Harpers MiiEBzini?, By PermiMtuD of Hurpf-r tSi Bn ARTISTS- i:.\CL-KSl(L\ OVER THE RALTLMliRE X- OHIn R. R thf most important act of his life. Ihirint;the progress of the work, from year to year,ohi theories were exploded and new ])rinci-ples introduced, increasin;^ in boldness andorif^inality as it advanced. Its annualreports went forth as text-books; itswork-shops were ])ractical lecture-rooms;and to have worthily i^raduated in thisschool is an honorable passport to scientificservice in any ]iart of the world. In itsstrugy;les with unparalleled difficulties —financial, i)hysical, lej^islative, and legal —the gallant little state of Maryland foundmen equal to every emergency as it arose,and the development of so much talentand high character in various dejiartmentsshould not be esteemed the smallest benefitwhich the country has derived from thisgreat enterjirise. In the spring of a number of dis-tinguished artists and literati were invitedto
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