. The journal of American history. ; matured thought is based on experience, the organiza-tion of gone years. All material greatness is structural and its permanencydepends wholly upon its foundation. The substance of all life is based uponthis truth. The character of the nation is moulded in the home, and thehome is but the the evolution of the homes of yesterday. It is from thisview-point that all tangible expressions of home-life find their real, historicalvalue. The heirloom, the furniture of the forefathers, the ancient silver-service, and all that comes down through the generations as th
. The journal of American history. ; matured thought is based on experience, the organiza-tion of gone years. All material greatness is structural and its permanencydepends wholly upon its foundation. The substance of all life is based uponthis truth. The character of the nation is moulded in the home, and thehome is but the the evolution of the homes of yesterday. It is from thisview-point that all tangible expressions of home-life find their real, historicalvalue. The heirloom, the furniture of the forefathers, the ancient silver-service, and all that comes down through the generations as the tangibleevidence of ancestral devotion, is a worthy and significant contribution toHistory, and should be preserved in the annals of a nation. This is thereal worth of the collections of antiques treasured in American homestoday. It is to be the service of these pages to reproduce for historicalrecord photographs of these heirlooms in possession of contemporaryAmericans. These photographs will be safely returned to their mr £>. V jb I
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