On These Walls

Company

Library of Congress

Price

$21.95

Source

Official Store

This beautifully illustrated book is a guide to help locate, identify and appreciate these gems of knowledge and works of art found in the Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Madison Memorial buildings of the Library of Congress. Includes the names and quotations of the great writers, philosophers and artists of Western civilization such as Dante, Bacon and Emerson, and the thoughts of some of the nation's forefathers Jefferson, Adams and Madison. The inscriptions in each building express the Library's ambitious mission to collect and share the wisdom of all civilizations in today's world…