PARADES
| So far as I can see, a procession has value
in but two ways -- as a show and as a symbol, its minor function being to
delight the eye, its major one to compel thought, exalt the spirit, stir
the heart, and inflame the imagination. As a mere show, and meaningless
-- like a Mardi-Gras march -- a magnificent procession is worth a long journey
to see; as a symbol, the most colorless and unpicturesque procession, if
it have a moving history back of it, is worth a thousand of it. - "Queen Victoria's Jubilee" |
 AI image created by Barbara Schmidt |
 Clemens on the way to a garden party at Windsor Castle in London, 22 June 1907 |
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