Dedicatory and Opening Ceremonies of the World´s Columbian Exposition
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Excerpt from Dedicatory and Opening Ceremonies of the World´s Columbian Exposition: Historical and Descriptive as Authorized by Board of Control To The student of the world´s progress, no question is more interesting than the efforts of one race, or one nation to avail itself of the advancement made by other countries in art, science and invention. The artisan, the mechanic or the artist, who has the opportunity to study by personal inspection the works of other lands, can gain valuable knowledge. The statesmen of Europe in the seventeenth century first made a study of this great problem, and laid the foundation for the National and International Expositions, which culminated in the World´s Columbian Exposition of 1893. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the countries of Europe were wont to send abroad their most eminent scholars, artists and mechanics, to study the secrets of manufacture and art held by other nations. International brotherhood had not yet been placed on that broad plane which makes it the highest pleasure to impart knowledge to others. It was not until the emigration of the Huguenots, that many of the industrial secrets of France were imparted to the world. So jealously were secrets of manufacture guarded, that Peter the Great, of Russia, labored in disguise as a common workman in a Dutch shipyard, to learn the art of shipbuilding. Each nation locked within its breast the skill of its artificers, and each family and community kept behind barred doors the special secrets of its trade. But gradually, liberality of mind brought about a change, and finally tore away the bolts and bars from the factory and the workshop. The artist, the tradesman and the mechanic, began to exhibit their handiwork; first in their native town, then in the larger cities, until finally the whole world has been drawn together at Chicago, to study the art, the invention, and the skill of all nations. The great educational work first began with the London National Exposition of 1761. The English Society of Art originated the idea of national industrial exhibitions. Prizes were offered for displays of machinery and mechanical devices, which were exhibited in the rooms of the society in London. No other nation was admitted as an exhibitor. The advertisement announcing the exhibition promised that all displays should be guarded by the society, which guaranteed that no "foreign spies" would be allowed admittance, and that no drawings of the machinery on exhibition should be made. As narrow as were the views taken, and as crude and primitive as were the few devices to be seen in the halls of this society, this display served the purpose to turn the attention of other nations to the advantages accruing from such Expositions. France was next in order, with the National Exposition held in Paris in 1798. There were only one hundred and ten exhibitors, as the country was yet trembling with the recollection of the "reign of terror." It is a strange commentary on the spirit of the Eighteenth century that at this Industrial Exposition a gold medal was offered to the manufacturer whose goods should prove the most disastrous to the trade of England. In 1801 another Exposition threw open its doors in the French capital. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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