One stands before some of the palaces of the old world that
have endured for more than one thousand years without a crack
or seam, in perfect admiration. The Pantheon at Rome stands
just as it did more than two thousand years ago. This would be
impossible had not its foundations been right. The Rialto Bridge
that spans the Grand Canal in Venice was erected in 1588. It
has stood as it now stands for 320 years, but that bridge rests
on 12,000 piles driven deeply into the soil. What is true of
buildings is true also of life.--GEORGE B. VOSBURGH.
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