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:IS KNOWN ONLY TO GOD
:IS KNOWN ONLY TO GOD


At the top of the staircase in the Court of Honor is a statue of [[Columbia (name)#Columbia personified|Lady Columbia]], also known as Lady Liberty, or Justice.  Here she is reported to represent all grieving mothers.  She stands on the bow of a ship holding a laurel branch.  The inscription below the statue, taken from [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s [[letter to Mrs. Bixby]], reads:
At the top of the staircase in the Court of Honor is a statue of [[Columbia (name)#Columbia personified|Lady Columbia]], also known as Lady Liberty, or Justice.  Here she is reported to represent all grieving mothers.  She stands on the bow of a ship holding a laurel branch.  The inscription below the statue, taken from Abraham Lincoln's [[letter to Mrs. Bixby]], reads:


:THE SOLEMN PRIDE
:THE SOLEMN PRIDE