. Book of the Royal blue . tely, also, during the yearsthat have passed the Capitol has beenenlarged and ennobled, and the Washingtonmonument, wonderful alike as an engineer-ing feat and a work of art, has been con-structed on a site that may be broughtinto relations with the Capitol and the these park areas forces itself ui)on theattention of Congress. Either this develop-ment may be made in a haphazard manner,as the official happening to be in charge ofthe work for the time may elect; or it maybe made according to a well-studied andwell-considered plan devised by personswhose competence has
. Book of the Royal blue . tely, also, during the yearsthat have passed the Capitol has beenenlarged and ennobled, and the Washingtonmonument, wonderful alike as an engineer-ing feat and a work of art, has been con-structed on a site that may be broughtinto relations with the Capitol and the these park areas forces itself ui)on theattention of Congress. Either this develop-ment may be made in a haphazard manner,as the official happening to be in charge ofthe work for the time may elect; or it maybe made according to a well-studied andwell-considered plan devised by personswhose competence has been proved beyondquestion. Such a plan, adopted at thistime and carried out as Congress maymake appropriations for the work, willresult in making Washington the mostbeautiful capital city in the world. The celebration of the one hundredthanniversary of the permanent seat ofgovernment in Washington had for itskeynote the improvement of the District ofColumbia in a manner and to an extentcommensurate with the dignity of the. A TWENTIETH CENTURY CAPITAL.
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