An ungrateful and despotic government forced him into a voluntary exile from the land of his childhood which he loved so well.

Turning to America as a haven of refuge from the social and political storms of the Old World, he cast his lot with his fellow-countrymen of Icaria.

Eap- idly he rose to favor and fame as an architect of the first rank.

He has long since gone to his rest, but as enduring monuments to his genius stand the capitol buildings in Springfield, Illinois, and in Des Moines, Iowa.

To only a few characters has it been granted to fill a ro- mantic niche in history.