Travelogues; . he Trans-Siberidi\ RdiIwA\j WESTWARD the Star of Empire has taken its way forcenturies, shedding its luster upon the nations thathave held the scepter of dominion. Of old it shone uponEgypt, Greece, and Rome ; it flashed above the armies ofNapoleon ; it guided Englands ships as they sailed forth tothe commercial conquest of the two hemispheres. To-day itis soaring swiftly toward a new zenith, beneath which lies ourown broad, rich, and splendid land, now prepared to achieveher destiny as a world-power. Already have the rays of what 228 THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY. OFFICE OF THE WA
Travelogues; . he Trans-Siberidi\ RdiIwA\j WESTWARD the Star of Empire has taken its way forcenturies, shedding its luster upon the nations thathave held the scepter of dominion. Of old it shone uponEgypt, Greece, and Rome ; it flashed above the armies ofNapoleon ; it guided Englands ships as they sailed forth tothe commercial conquest of the two hemispheres. To-day itis soaring swiftly toward a new zenith, beneath which lies ourown broad, rich, and splendid land, now prepared to achieveher destiny as a world-power. Already have the rays of what 228 THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY. OFFICE OF THE WAGONS-LITS COMPANY is now our star been shot across the waters of the west, andtouched the Phihppines on the far side of the Pacific ; butsimultaneously the world becomes aware of a new light therein the Farthest West,— which is at the same time theFarthest East,— a light that came not with our star fromthe East by sea but from the West by land, across the vast-nesses of northern Asia. What is this new light that almost unnoticed has creptfrom out of the Siberian forests, down the banks of theSiberian rivers and now glows with ominous incandescence atPort Arthur and Dalni, and above the splendid harbor of thecity so prophetically christened Vladivostok ; for Vladimeans Dominion, and Vostok means The East. What is this light. Whence comes it. By what routehas it made its way. Those who have looked upon theresplendent golden dome of Ivans Tower in the Kremlin, theHeart of Moscow, know whence it comes. Those who, pur-suing the New Way Around the World, journey from Mos
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