[Joe 6-pack]

Thomas Cole - The Course of Empire

The Savage State

The Acadian or Pastoral State

The Consummation of Empire

Destruction

Desolation

[Daffynition]

There is the moral of all human tales;

‘Tis but the same rehearsal of the past.
First freedom and then Glory - when that fails,
Wealth, vice, corruption - barbarism at last.
And History, with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page...

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

thanks for brightening my morning! ha.

[PastorBooks]

Thank you for posting those paintings. They are favorites of mine.