...and the whole railway system thrown in, since these were all natural products in their place; while, since Noah's Ark, no such Babel of loose and illjoined,...Exposition, had ever ruffled the surface of the Lakes. The first astonishment became greater every day. That the Exposition should be a natural growth and...

...and the whole railway system thrown in, since these were all natural products in theii place; while, since Noah's Ark, no such Babel of loose and illjoined,...such vague and ill-defined and unrelated thoughts and kalf-thoughts and experimental outcries as the Exposition, had Iver ruffled the surface of the Lakes....

...Columbus's voyage. "Since Noah's Ark," Henry Adams commented after spending two weeks at the fair, "no such Babel of loose and ill-joined, such vague...Exposition, had ever ruffled the surface of the Lakes." The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 was divided into two separate universes: the first was the...

...Fair. Adams wrote that "the first expression of American thought as a unity defied philosophy. . . . since Noah's ark, no such Babel of loose and ill-joined,...the Exposition, had ever ruffled the surface of the Lakes."3 What Adams beheld — the two Fairs conjoined — Howells also recognized. As he recounted...

...World. Nor did the fair display human, or even American, cultural unity. Henry Adams complained that "since Noah's Ark, no such Babel of loose and ill-joined,...Exposition, had ever ruffled the surface of the Lakes." Americans were too preoccupied with hurdling limits to set exact goals. "Chicago asked in 1 893 for...

...of the Krupp Building and the Women's Building, among many, many others. See below. Appelbaum, p. 5. Ark, no such Babel of loose and ill-joined, such vague...experimental outcries as the Exposition, had ever ruffled the surfaces of the Lakes. While Chicago may have outdone Paris in terms of sheer spectacle, it still had...

...the confusing multiplicity of ideas and exhibits he encounters at the 1893 Chicago World Exhibition: "[S]ince Noah's Ark, no such Babel of loose and ill-joined,...Exposition, had ever ruffled the surface of the Lakes" (324). It is no coincidence that it is also here, at the exhibition, where Adams first encounters the...

...Adams remarked. But Adams heard no coherent answer. "The Exposition itself defied philosophy... [SJince Noah's Ark, no such Babel of loose and ill-joined,...the Exposition, had ever ruffled the surface of the lakes."19 Yet if Adams failed to see the fair as a symbol of hope in the future, other visitors sent...

...industrial, speculative growth and product of the Beaux Arts" that only showed how little had been learned. "Since Noah's Ark, no such Babel of loose and ill-joined,...Exposition, had ever ruffled the surface of the lakes." For Adams the "only unity was natural force," and the only way to create unity was to submit to such...

...find fault until the last gate closed, one could still explain nothing that needed explanation. . . . since Noah's Ark, no such Babel of loose and ill-joined,...Exposition, had ever ruffled the surface of the Lakes. 5 The Department of Ethnology and Archaeology at the Exposition ("Department M") typified the confusion...