A man of the Middle Border, he bequeathed lasting
gifts of his art to the prairies beyond the moun
tains. Nature’s wild landscape was transfeatured
by the sovereignty of his mind, and, as the Laureate
has written, what he wrought comforted mortality
with immortal grace. His closing years were
crowned with the highest honor that his country
could give him in his selection as the architect
of the United States Supreme Court Building. He
once said in explanation of the long time it would
be in the building that it was designed to last for
all time. His fame will live with it.
Mr. Gilbert had every honor that his profession
and kindred arts could give. If he had lived in
Athens in the age of Pericles, he would no doubt
have been chosen with Ictinus and Callicrates to
fashion the "greatest gem on earth's zone.” In tiis j
day he was a leader among those who have given
.America a prime place among the nations in the
art that “aims at eternity.” Sir Christopher Wren
'could have said with especial fitness of the build
ings of Cass Gilbert that, being an ornament of
his country, they help to establish a nation, draw
people together and make them love the more
their native land. The splendid bridge over the
Hudson, of his designing, is a symbol of that draw
ing together of a people by man’s highest art.
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Above Our Confusion a Dream Arises.
(Daily Olympian.)
When the history of these times gets written,
It is probable that the last couple of years will seem
a lot less confusing than they look just now.
