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 The four pendentives represent the builders of the race: First—Dwellers in tents—Wanderers in the desert. Second—Ancient Foundations—Egypt. Third—The dome of the Renaissance. Fourth—The High Tower.

The three lunettes illustrate Wisdom in the Home. The Child and Tradition—upon the stairway, visible to the child only. "That which hath been, is now; and that which shall be, hath already been."

The second, Youth and the Arts, in the Upper Room: "I will sing a new song unto Thee upon an instrument of ten strings. . . That our Sons may be as plants grown up in their youth, and our Daughters, as cornerstones, polished."

The third. Upon the Housetop; a group watching Man conquering the Air.

Above the man and science is seen:

First, Communion throughout space—The Wireless Message.

Second, The Search for Light—Man between the Material and the Spiritual theory of Light.

Third, The Conquest of the Heavens—"They mount up with wings as eagles."

Above the octagon in the vault, above the child and tradition, is seen:

First, Hercules, the infant, strangling the serpents.

Second, The Choice of Hercules (at the crossways between Virtue and Voluptas).

Third, The Apotheosis of Hercules—"For Wisdom is more moving than any emotion. She passeth and goeth through all things by reason of her Pureness. She is the brightness of the Everlasting Light."