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davidsaw

Seeds die and grow

Dec 27, 2005 06:05

Adapted from Leadership Excellence by Phil Pringle ( Read more... )

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Emma's poem in full davidsaw December 26 2005, 15:15:13 UTC

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

"Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

The Idea = The Spirit? davidsaw December 26 2005, 15:41:27 UTC

The sculptor for the Statue of Liberty was Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, who, at 31 years of age was already a successful sculptor. He was with several French intellectuals opposed to the oppressive regime of Napoleon III at a small dinner party discussing their admiration for America's success in establishing a democratic government and abolishing slavery at the end of the Civil War. The dinner was hosted by Edouard Rene Lefebvre de Laboulaye. Laboulaye was a scholar, jurist, abolitionist and a leader of the "liberals," the political group dedicated to establishing a French republican government modeled on America's constitution ( ... )

The Sculptor and the Influence of Egypt and Rome davidsaw December 26 2005, 15:43:28 UTC

Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi was born into a well-to-do middle-class family in Colmar, France, on August 2, 1834 ( ... )

Re: The Sculptor and the Influence of Egypt and Rome davidsaw December 26 2005, 16:08:47 UTC

"...and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it." - Luke 13:19 KJV

America = The New World (cf. NWO=New World Order) davidsaw December 26 2005, 15:44:41 UTC

In 1870, with the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War, Bartholdi temporarily changed careers; he became a major in the French army and was stationed in his home city of Colmar. When the Germans annexed the entire Alsace region, making its residents German citizens, the reality of the word "liberty" took on a new, personal meaning for Bartholdi ( ... )

Re: America = The New World (cf. NWO=New World Order) davidsaw December 26 2005, 16:17:28 UTC

"...and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it." - Luke 13:19 KJV ( ... )

More photos davidsaw December 28 2005, 18:08:45 UTC

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