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Written by Myrtle Cheney Murdock


Constantino Brumidi, Michelangelo of the United States Capitol

Constantino Brumidi, Michelangelo of the United States Capitol

by Myrtle Cheney Murdock

ENSHRINED in the domed Rotunda of the United States Capitol, as in the Roman Pantheon from which it is descended, are the noblest hopes of a mighty Nation. Yet less fearful of incurring the wrath of an unpropitiated power than the ancients who raised a statue in their sacred temple to “The Unknown God,” the American people have neglected and all bu..