A GRAND MONUMENT.
■ The Washington correspondent of the Cleveland Leader writes :-— " The" Washington monument is the wonder of Washington, and its beauty the ad« miration of both Americans and foreigners Already over 350 feet high, it rise* from the banks of the Potomac a great white marble shaib, piercing the clouds, and backed against th,e blue of the sky. It is already the grandest obe^'sk *fye woc'd has ever Been, and m theaons of the f atare, should the nations of the day pass -away, leaying no more records of their progress than the mighty onest of the Egyptian past, it will surpass the Pyramid m the wonder of i* s construction. It is already 'higher than the Third Pyramids, and within a hundred feet of size of the second. It is taller than St. Paul's Cathedral, and when 6nisbed it wil be highest struc* tare m the world. To-day the Cathedral of Cologne, 512 feet hjgb, is the tallest work m the world. Next comes the Qre*t Pyramid, 483 feet high ; then the Strasburg Cathedral, 473 feet j then the second Pyramid, 453 ; then St. Peter's, 430 ; St. Stephen's at Vienna, 443 ; and >t. Paul's at London, 804."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 276, 25 October 1883, Page 2
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199A GRAND MONUMENT. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 276, 25 October 1883, Page 2
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