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The East Pediment
by Hermon MacNeil
MacNeil pays homage to the lawgivers from Eastern cultures at the center of his pediment sculpture. "Law as an element of civilization," he wrote, "was normally and naturally derived or inherited in this country from former civilizations. The 'Eastern Pediment' of the Supreme Court Building suggests therefore the treatment of such fundamental laws and precepts as are derived from the East. Moses, Confucius, and Solon are chosen as representing three great civilizations and form the central group of this Pediment." |