. Book of the Royal blue . nission of Harper Sc Brothera. ANNO DOMINI MMMMDCCCLIX. that time worth but twenty-five millions,unhesitatingly embarked in an enterpriseto complete which has cost thirty-onemillions. We doubt whether there is onrecord a similar instance of commercialpluck. Mr. Thomas still lives in the fullenjoyment of the mens sana in corporeSana: and, at the advanced age of eighty-four, has the gratification, in his dailywalks, of seeing around him the magnificentresults of his foresight, ^erily, he thatbuildeth is greater than he that destroyetha city, and greater is his reward.
. Book of the Royal blue . nission of Harper Sc Brothera. ANNO DOMINI MMMMDCCCLIX. that time worth but twenty-five millions,unhesitatingly embarked in an enterpriseto complete which has cost thirty-onemillions. We doubt whether there is onrecord a similar instance of commercialpluck. Mr. Thomas still lives in the fullenjoyment of the mens sana in corporeSana: and, at the advanced age of eighty-four, has the gratification, in his dailywalks, of seeing around him the magnificentresults of his foresight, ^erily, he thatbuildeth is greater than he that destroyetha city, and greater is his reward. As thecalm approval of the inner mind, the silentand unsought homage of the thinking world,is nobler than the noise of the fitful i-abblethat hails the last favorite of fortunate work of construction was com-menced on the Fourth of -July, 1828, withappropriate pomp and ceremony. The ven-erable Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, laid thefirst stone, and pronounced it, next to hissigning the Declaration of Independence,. From Harpers Magaai By Perniissiun of Harper ii Brutliers- ARTISTS EXCURSIOX OVER THE BALTIMORE &■ OHIO R. R. the most important act of his life. Duringthe jirogress of the work, from year to year,old theories were exploded and new princi-ples introduced, increasing in boldness andoriginality as it advanced. Its annualreports went forth as text-books; were practical lecture-rooms;and to have worthily graduated in thisschool is an honorable passport to scientificservice in any part of the world. In itsstruggles with unparalleled ditticulties —financial, i)hysical, legislative, and legal—the gallant little .state of Maryland foundmen equal to every emergency as it arose,and the development of so much talentand high character in various departmentsshould not be esteemed the smallest benefitwhich the country has derived from thisgreat enterprise. In the spring of 1858 a number of dis-tinguished artists and literati were invitedto make a jile
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