Excerpt from The Pageant of Nike Ike the Wingless Victory While Honor, Justice, Kindness, Pity, Ruth Have triumphed in a glorious victory. This triumph we would seek to celebrate By such a picture as will tell our joy. Enthroned Victory in it shall speak, Surrounded by the peoples she has freed, While coming at her call, there shall appear Those who deserve of her, her high award. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.