Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883

<p><SPAN name="16"></SPAN></p> <hr> <h2>THE GERMAN NATIONAL MONUMENT.--WAR AND PEACE.</h2> <p>In our SUPPLEMENT No. 412 we gave several engravings and a full description of the colossal German National monument "Germania," lately unveiled on the Niederwald slope of the Rhine. We now present, as beautiful suggestions in art, engravings of the two statues, War and Peace, which adorn the corners of the monumental facade. These figures are about twenty feet high. The statue of War represents an allegorical character, partly Mercury, partly medi&aelig;val knight, with trumpet in one hand, sword in the other. The statue of Peace represents a mild and modest maiden, holding out an olive branch in one hand and the full horn of peaceful blessings in the other. Between the two statues is a magnificent group in relief representing the "Watch on the Rhine." Here the Emperor William appears in the center, on horseback, surrounded by a noble group of kings, princes, knights, warriors, commanders, and statesmen, who, by word or deed or counsel, helped to found the empire--an Elgin marble, so to speak, of the German nation.</p> <p class="ctr"><SPAN href="./illustrations/1b.png"><ANTIMG src= "./illustrations/1b_th.jpg" alt="WAR. THE GERMAN NATIONAL MONUMENT. PEACE."></SPAN></p> <p class="ctr">WAR. THE GERMAN NATIONAL MONUMENT. PEACE.</p> <hr> <p>A writer in the London <i>Lancet</i> ridicules a habit of being in great haste and terribly pressed for time which is common among all classes of commercial men, and argues that in most cases there is not the least cause for it, and that it is done to convey a notion of the tremendous volume of business which almost overwhelms the house. The writer further says that, when developed into a confirmed habit, it is fertile in provoking nervous maladies.</p> <hr> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />