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...looked at the memorial group which the villagers of St. Heminy have erected in honor of their eminent neighbor in his lifetime. It is a fitting tribute to his achievements. But some day, perhaps, only Les Invalides will surpass the monuments in Paris which a grateful Nation will erect to Georges Clemenceau...
...French journalist, once remarked of her: "As she enters a room she seems at the first glance to dominate all those present. She receives their homage as a soverign should and has the air of reigning, even when she says 'good day.' The chair on which she sits, perfectly erect, immediately becomes a throne...
...When the problem was set, months ago, those devising it felt they had thought of something that had never been done before; two weeks ago, they were surprised to see a news-dispatch from Washington saying that in that city an association of leading engineers had been formed to erect (in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution) a great museum of engineering progress in transportation, and industry. The prize design may be chosen for Washington. It differed from all others in one feature. The great steel shaft over the central portion of the 'building made an integral part...
...name and membership the National Museum of Engineering and Industry, Inc., already exists. But it has no home. Its sponsors now propose to erect one on the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. Its present headquarters are in the Engineering Societies Building, Manhattan...
...that is necessary in order to immortalize a person, a locality, or even an inanimate object, is to have some near great poet commemorate its existence in deathless verse. At once tables are erected, little fences constructed, and the lives of prominent visitors made tedious with tours of inspection, personally conducted by a legal and enthusiastic peasantry. Unfortunately; however, human nature is of so frail a cast that when a poet has exercised his skill on behalf of some deserving object. Impostures are promptly brought into being by envious souls yearning for similar redirected glory, who also erect tablets, construct...