. The story of the exposition; being the official history of the international celebration held at San Francisco in 1915 to commemorate the discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the construction of the Panama Canal . eauty on our path to findAnd higher glories to illume the way. The door we close behind us is the Past: Our sons shall find a fairer door at last. A world reborn awaits us. Years to come Shall know its grace and good, When wars shall end in endless brotherhood,And birds shall build in cannon long since dumb. Men shall have peace, tho then no man may know Who built this sunset city lo
. The story of the exposition; being the official history of the international celebration held at San Francisco in 1915 to commemorate the discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the construction of the Panama Canal . eauty on our path to findAnd higher glories to illume the way. The door we close behind us is the Past: Our sons shall find a fairer door at last. A world reborn awaits us. Years to come Shall know its grace and good, When wars shall end in endless brotherhood,And birds shall build in cannon long since dumb. Men shall have peace, tho then no man may know Who built this sunset city long ago. Wherefore, be glad! Sublimer walls shall rise, Which these do but foretell. Be glad indeed! for we have builded well,And set a star upon our western skies Whose fire shall greaten on a land made free, Till all that land be bright from sea to sea ! On the stroke of noon the President of the Exposition read the toast ofPresident Wilson, having explained that it would be given the world aroundat that moment: three oclock at New York, three forty-three at BuenosAires, eight oclock in the evening at Paris, nine oclock at Stockholm, fiveoclock Sunday morning at Tokio, six oclock in Melbourne. I call your. THE LAST DAY AND NIGHT 227 attention to it that you may see that the work that has been done by thedevoted Foreign and State Commissioners has produced a bond the like ofwhich, we believe, has not existed before. The toast was: The Panama-Pacific International Exposition: Which in its conception and successful accomplishment gave striking evi-dence of the practical genius and artistic taste of America; Which in it unusual and interesting exhibits afforded impressive illustrationof the development of the arts of peace; and Which in its motive and object was eloquent of the new spirit which is tounite East and West and make all the world partners in the common enter-prises of progress and humanity. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States. Then came a bit of allegory, co
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