. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . THE EIFFEL TOWKR AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION 304 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK exultation of all Americans, and should win for him the congratulations of theCongress of the United States. To augment our appreciation of the greatness of our American exhibit,we need to call to mind that while the Commissioner-Generals from Russia,Germany, Belgium and Austria were empowered by their governments to takewhatever they wished and display it at Paris, our American Commissioner-General had no such power, but must have the consent of th
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . THE EIFFEL TOWKR AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION 304 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK exultation of all Americans, and should win for him the congratulations of theCongress of the United States. To augment our appreciation of the greatness of our American exhibit,we need to call to mind that while the Commissioner-Generals from Russia,Germany, Belgium and Austria were empowered by their governments to takewhatever they wished and display it at Paris, our American Commissioner-General had no such power, but must have the consent of the owner, and sohad less opportunity than other Commissioner-Generals, who could commandwhat picture, what statuary, what machinery, what textile, he wished to putbefore the world. We should also appreciate the fact that while other coun-tries could, with comparative ease, send their products to this fair, many of ourAmerican industries had first to cross the American Continent, and thencross three thousand miles of sea, and again take a freight train for a l
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