. Silver jubilee memorial, 1868-93. Bassanio and Antonia, of faithful, noble friendship;Hamlet, of indifference and indecision; Ophelia of despairing and his merciless greed of gold, Brutus and his ingratitude,Katherine and her untamed anger and Cordelia of dauntless truthand noble mind, these are names, which are blended so thoroughlywith the aims and passions of the characters represented that it isimpossible to separate the one from the other. They serve as land-marks, as it were, showing forth the forms of that greater beauty, tobe found only as the whole grand vista unfolds b
. Silver jubilee memorial, 1868-93. Bassanio and Antonia, of faithful, noble friendship;Hamlet, of indifference and indecision; Ophelia of despairing and his merciless greed of gold, Brutus and his ingratitude,Katherine and her untamed anger and Cordelia of dauntless truthand noble mind, these are names, which are blended so thoroughlywith the aims and passions of the characters represented that it isimpossible to separate the one from the other. They serve as land-marks, as it were, showing forth the forms of that greater beauty, tobe found only as the whole grand vista unfolds before us, with allits diverse scenery, and all its glorious hues and images. Each stepdiscloses new beauties, until, almost inebriated, we stand and surveythe whole, and with all the fires of enthusiasm kindled within us,we must needs cry enough! One is overwhelmed when contemplating that grand mentalpower, which reflects, as in a mirror, the manifold passions andemotions, the heartfelt joys and sorrows of the human heart, for all. V BRA/? y ^ OF THE UNIVERSITY or . y or THi CARMELO 161 time is enshrined in these immortal plays, which have served to lifttheir creator to the very skies, above all other men and leave himthere in solitary, unique, delightful grandeur. Katk L. OXkill. Convent of the IIolv Names, San Franeiseo, Cat. (^ariT^elo The quaint old town of Monterey contains many objects ofinterest for the student of the past. There, on the golden shoresof the Pacific, are ruins that speak eloquently of devoted zeal andcharity—relics of a departed race—among them, the old struc-ture known as Carmel Mission. Around each crumbling wall clingmemories of the days when the good Padres struggled and toiledin enduring patience, conquering with the cross, long before GeneralFremont raised the American flag on the heights of Monterey. A pleasant, yet mournful feeling is aroused when gazing upona ruin; lessons on the mutability of earthly things, the littlenessof man, come to us
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