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Title: A university tramp
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Hubbell, Orrin Z
Subjects: Europe -- Description and travel
Publisher: Elkhart, Ind. : G. W. Butler
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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e within her walls,two million people were solving the problem of humandestiny, but in 1870 this great population had decreasedto less than 150,000. Since then her population hasmore than doubled. Everywhere within the walls newstreets are coming into existence and modern buildingsare springing up with surprising rapidity. The travelerwhile at Rome will, of course, visit St. Peters and theVatican. Can any one describe St. Peters? In all thisworld it is the grandest monument of art. Its origindates from the Fourth Century, and it stands upon thespot hallowed by the martyrdom of the apostle Peter. The cathedral is not the conception of one man. Itis a development that tells us of the growth of art duringfifteen hundred years. What master among all thepainters, sculptors, architects, has not contributed hisshare to its construction and its greatness. All the glo-rious names in Italian art are associated with the historyof this cathedral. Egypt, Greece and the East have all m H T)WHM I ow
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— 163 — been laid under contribution for materials, costly stoneand works of art by artists whose names are long sincelost, to add to its perfection and its finish. St. Petersgrows upon one. It is a constant revelation. Visit itevery day for a year, and each day you will find somenew matter of interest in its splendid mosaics, elegantsculpture, immense size or wonderful architecture. Onewill not realize its size when seen for the first time. Allof the proportions are so exquisite, so exactly harmoni-ous, that the visitor is constantly deceived as to the sizeof everything it contains and of which it is composed.Standing at the entrance one will hardly believe that thenave before him is nearly 700 feet long—nearly as longas three ordinary blocks in an American town. At thewest end he sees a chair and altar which appear to be ofordinary size and not more than a hundred feet distant.Walking down the nave until he comes near the altar,he perceives his mistake, for the altar is of imm

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