. Art thoughts : the experiences and observations of an American amateur in Europe. reals. Not that in pursuing this we should neglect those solid mate-rial foundations of health and prosperity which legitimately takeprecedence in the march of civilization, when only one of thetwo can exist at once. The old Etruscans were wise in thisrespect. They looked first to good drainage, water, air, and ag-riculture. Yet they so rapidly accumulated precious objects thatDionysius of Sicily, in a filibustering expedition, plundered oneof their sea-side fanes of gifts of the value of twenty millionOur oppo
. Art thoughts : the experiences and observations of an American amateur in Europe. reals. Not that in pursuing this we should neglect those solid mate-rial foundations of health and prosperity which legitimately takeprecedence in the march of civilization, when only one of thetwo can exist at once. The old Etruscans were wise in thisrespect. They looked first to good drainage, water, air, and ag-riculture. Yet they so rapidly accumulated precious objects thatDionysius of Sicily, in a filibustering expedition, plundered oneof their sea-side fanes of gifts of the value of twenty millionOur oppor- dollars. America is right in looking first to sanitarytuntty. ^^^ economical measures. These accomplished, let us consider our aesthetic wants. Only by so doing shall we establishfor ourselves that foremost rank in modern civilization which thevulgar oratory of the land already claims as ours. As yet weare foremost in nothing absolutely great except the opportunitywhich the best government yet devised gives to freemen. Ourfuture depends on the use we make of that
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