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Court of the Universe
The Fountain Pool and Tower |
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| The inscriptions on the two Triumphal Arches in the Court of the Universe are drawn respectively from Occidental and Oriental literature. It was designed that the large central panels possess a cosmical, an epical, or an elemental quality, and that the smaller panels on either side deal with abstractions, such as truth, nature or beauty. In accordance with this plan, the inscriptions on the Arch of the Setting Sun facing away from the court are as follows: The panel at the left of the attic, representing Italy, reads The world is in its most excellent state when justice is supreme. - Dante. The panel in the center of the attic, representing Germany, is inscribed It is absolutely indispensable for the United States to effect a passage from the Mexican Gulf to the Pacific Ocean; and I am certain that they will do it. Would that I might live to see it - but I shall not. - Goethe. The panel at the right of the attic, representing France, reads The Universe, an infinite sphere, the center everywhere, the circumference, nowhere. Pascal. |
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