Report of the Commission of Fine Arts: Message from the President of the United States Transmitting the Twelfth Report of the Commission of Fine Arts, Volumes 12-15U.S. Government Printing Office, 1936 |
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Page 7 - Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency. Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us. Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.
Page 14 - I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country...
Page 98 - The commission shall also advise generally upon questions of art when required to do so by the President or by any committee of either House of Congress.
Page 124 - Military merit, directs that whenever any singularly meritorious action is performed, the author of it shall be permitted to wear on his facings, over his left breast, the figure of a heart in purple cloth, or silk, edged with narrow lace or binding.
Page 133 - Plans for no public building to be erected in the District of Columbia for the General Government shall be hereafter finally approved by the officer duly authorized until after such officer shall have submitted the plans to the Commission of Fine Arts created under the act of Congress of May 17, 1910, for Its comment and advice.
Page 62 - It shall be the duty of such Commission to advise upon the location of statues, fountains, and monuments in the public squares, streets, and parks in the District of Columbia, and upon the selection of models for statues. page ninety-five fountains, and monuments, erected under the authority of the United States and upon the selection of artists for the execution of the same.
Page 60 - I Pray Heaven to Bestow The Best of Blessings on THIS HOUSE and on All that shall here-after Inhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under this Roof.
Page 101 - Board, including but not restricted to accounting, actuarial, statistical, and reporting services, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (USC, title 41, sec. 5...
Page 7 - ... the means now within the power of the country are not such as to pursue the design to any great extent it will be obvious that the plan should be drawn on such a scale as to leave room for the...