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The Fountain of Knowledge. The fountain also features a sculpture of a lady on top of a lotus flower while holding a globe. The lady stands on a cylindrical pedestal adorned by the early disciplines offered in the university, namely the Caduceus for medicine, the Balance Scale for law, the Bowl of Hygieia for pharmacy, the ionic order for architecture, the atom for the sciences, and the total ...
In Greek mythology, the Pierian Spring of Macedonia was sacred to the Pierides and the Muses.As the metaphorical source of knowledge of art and science, it was popularized by a couplet in Alexander Pope's 1711 poem An Essay on Criticism: "A little learning is a dang'rous thing; / Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring."
At the top of the procession the central figure is the resurrected Jesus Christ, conceived as the great teacher and master, and the fountain of knowledge contained in the library. The artwork, which is titled Word of Life , is 134 feet (41 m) tall and 68 feet (21 m) wide.
The Arch of the Centuries (Filipino: Arko ng mga Siglo) is a triumphal arch at the Plaza Intramuros of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines.Half of the current structure, the side facing the UST Main Building is the ruins of the 17th-century arch door of the first UST campus in Intramuros, while the side that faces España Boulevard is a replica inaugurated in 1954.
The "International Fountain of Knowledge" on the campus of College of the Desert in Palm Desert, California. The College of the Desert is a two-year community college serving the Coachella Valley since 1958. C.O.D opened a campus facility in 2002 in the Riverside County Employment Developmental Center located on Monroe Street.
Venta (foreground, wearing headband) and other WKFL members carrying a plane crash victim to an ambulance. The Fountain of the World first gained national exposure in 1949 when the news reported that Fountain members were among the first to offer aid to the victims of Standard Air Lines Flight 897R, which crashed into the Simi Hills, killing 35 of the 48 people on board.
The search for missing hiker Susan Lane-Fournier, 61, took a tragic turn after her body was found over the weekend in Welches, Oregon, an unincorporated community at the base of Mount Hood.
Gratiot Avenue : "The Fountain of Knowledge Flows Through Books" Library Street Side: "The Wealth Of The Mind Is The Only True Wealth" Grand River Street Side : "Religion, Knowledge, Morality" Farmer Street Side: "Civilization is the Accumulated Culture of Mankind"