The desecration and profanation of the Pennsylvania capitol . agitate the souls of men disap-pear with the morrow. In the lapse of a fewsummers the dreariest bank of cinder and ashesbecomes clothed with verdure and fragrantwith flowers. The blackest of clouds bearwith them the waters that give life to vegeta-tion. It is a comfort to know that there are but103 few of the efforts of men, even those that orig-inate in their baser instincts and are conceivedin iniquity, that do not in the end result insome benefit. The winds that blew for atime with such threat and fury have sunk intosilence in th
The desecration and profanation of the Pennsylvania capitol . agitate the souls of men disap-pear with the morrow. In the lapse of a fewsummers the dreariest bank of cinder and ashesbecomes clothed with verdure and fragrantwith flowers. The blackest of clouds bearwith them the waters that give life to vegeta-tion. It is a comfort to know that there are but103 few of the efforts of men, even those that orig-inate in their baser instincts and are conceivedin iniquity, that do not in the end result insome benefit. The winds that blew for atime with such threat and fury have sunk intosilence in the far off wild woods of may w^ell be that the Capitol on the banksof the Susquehanna, through the coming cen-turies, meeting the needs of the Common-wealth, and gratifying the pride of her people,will be the more appreciated because of thefierceness with which it has been assailed, andthat its granite walls will glisten in the sun-light of the future more brightly because ofthe murk and fog which followed its con-struction. <; <Xhv 104 II VI LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 1 h 11 1 1 , 11 111 i 1 0 012 607 214 4 Q
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