Macedonia, a plea for the primitive . onicians to revive, to re-construct their city after every attack on it or itsinhabitants by Nature or man. In addition to aphlegmatic fatalism, must not the qualities oftenacity and invincibility be strongly inherent ina city which has recovered from so many over-whelming blows ? A great nation, it is said, doesnot know when it is beaten ; the spirit of a citywhich does not know when it is destroyed mustbe equally magnificent. Of such mettle Salonikaseems to be made. Fire, war, earthquake, epi-demic and disease have proved unable to bringabout its irretri
Macedonia, a plea for the primitive . onicians to revive, to re-construct their city after every attack on it or itsinhabitants by Nature or man. In addition to aphlegmatic fatalism, must not the qualities oftenacity and invincibility be strongly inherent ina city which has recovered from so many over-whelming blows ? A great nation, it is said, doesnot know when it is beaten ; the spirit of a citywhich does not know when it is destroyed mustbe equally magnificent. Of such mettle Salonikaseems to be made. Fire, war, earthquake, epi-demic and disease have proved unable to bringabout its irretrievable destruction. Much of theold mystery and romance of its narrow streetsand quaint silent houses have gone ; the fastdeca3dng fairy-tale book of the East has had afew of its last pages torn from it, and at least onepriceless gem of architecture has been lost ; butwith the ground cleared, there opens beforeSalonika a vista bright with great possibilities, arecrudescence of its prosperity and a future no lessglorious than the ?r. ~ CHAPTER XII CEMETERIESGREEK THE general appearance of the Greekcemeteries of Salonika bears a veryclose resemblance to any Christiancemetery in England or Europe—especially the Roman Catholic. This is no doubtlargely due to the similarity, in outward signsand observances, which exists between the latterand the Greek orthodox religion. Holy picturesor ikons, the lighting of tapers to the departed,the frequent use of the crucial sign, the worshipof saints and the observance of their days allendorse this comparison. One of the largest Greek cemeteries is to befound on the west side of the Salonika-Seres road ;it is particularly conspicuous and forms a distantlandmark on account of its dense mass of blacktrees, forming a dark patch on the barren sun-bleached slopes behind the town. In the cemetery there are a few monuments tobe seen but most of the graves have a single crossat the head. The Greek cross, or slight variationsof it, is the symbol
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