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colored wool which still retains its freshness. There are seventy two groups of subjects described by legends in Latin and Saxon, and embracing a complete history of the Norman Invasion.
The very first forms of architecture found in England are the rude structures of prehistoric times. The simplest was the monolith. The best preserved is at Stonehenge. When perfect, it was sixty-three feet high and fourteen feet in its greatest diameter. It is rudely shaped to a circular form, and weighs about two hundred and sixty tons.
The so-called Druidical temples were great stones standing endwise and nearly always arranged in circles. They sometimes had a roof of stone slabs.
The tumuli, or bee-hive huts, are scattered over different parts of Britain. They were built entirely of stone, and circular in shape, gradually arching to form a roof or dome. There was a single door and a small circular opening at the top. Whether these first attempts at building were the rude beginnings of the higher grade of architecture, will never be known. A dark curtain hangs between their time and ours.
It is said that architecture has its origin in religious feelings and observations. Taking this for granted, it will be clearly seen why England in early times was so far behind Greece and Italy. These countries were the center of civilization. All around were numberless hordes of barbarous people. New ideas take root slowly, and it was hard to bring these savages to strange ways of life, and to convert them to Christianity. The Angles, one of the northern tribes, had early emigrated from Germany to England, and soon became the dominating power there. Although the waves of Christian influence had spent much of their force before reaching the far off land of the Angles, nevertheless they had an effect, for the ruins of over one hundred Saxon churches may still be seen in England.
There seems to be a brighter future in view for England. She has founded schools of design, where many young people are being educated in drawing. Surely if there are any latent talents, they will be brought to light under this training. Then, it is asserted that England is becoming more religious, and with a higher spiritual life, come grander ideals and a capacity to perceive the sublime in nature. Religion must find expression, and where could it find a more fitting mode than through the different classes of art. "L"
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History claims to be an impartial record of the past, to recite to us the laws, customs and actions of the people of ancient times, to acquaint us with the great men of antiquity.
But notwithstanding its claims to impartiality, its claims to exactness, we cannot entirely rely upon it.
Too often we read and accept the conclusions of the historian without carefully weighing the facts by which he himself arrived at his conclusions, and as a result our