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Faith symbolizes the virtue that inspired the Pilgrim's journey to the New World. She is a large 36 ft., classically draped female standing with one foot on Plymouth Rock. She is holding an open Bible in her left hand while her right hand is uplifted to heaven. |
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Liberty is a helmeted male, draped with a lion skin, cradling a sword in his right arm and holding a broken chain in his left. The figures in niches on the sides of his chair represent Peace (a woman holding a horn of plenty) and Tyranny (a king laid low). These are meant to symbolize peace resting under the protection of liberty, tyranny having been overthrown by its power.
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Morality is a woman holding a tablet of the Ten Commandments in her left hand and the scroll of Revelation In her right. On one side of the throne is the Prophet Moses holding the tablets of the Law and looking toward heaven; and on the other side is an Evangelist writing in a book.
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Law is portrayed as a draped male also holding the Book of Law. His chair is supported by Justice on his left (a woman with scales and sword) and Mercy on his right.
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Education is a draped woman pointing to the Book of Knowledge in her lap. The small figures in the niches to the right and left of her chair represent Wisdom and Youth. |
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