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POEMS AND INSCRIPTIONS

PANEL II

HE WHO FAILS BRAVELY HAS NOT TRULY FAILED, BUT IS HIMSELF ALSO A CONQUEROR


PANEL III

WHO SHUNS THE DUST AND SWEAT OF THE CONTEST, ON HIS BROW FALLS NOT THE COOL SHADE OF THE OLIVE


FOR THE GREAT PYLONS OF THE TRIUMPHAL CAUSEWAY

ON THE PYLONS WERE STATUES OF COURAGE, LIBERTY, TOLERANCE, TRUTH, BENEVOLENCE, PATRIOTISM, HOSPITALITY, AND JUSTICE


PANEL I

THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE IS THE MAKER OF COMMONWEALTHS


PANEL II

FREEDOM IS BUT THE FIRST LESSON IN SELF-GOVERNMENT