Pavilion Guide 

	DAWN OF MAN Out of a world of strange under-water cells, fish, primitive vertebrates that lasted for eons, came a gigantic breakthrough! A new creature appeared in this grisly stifling world. He is naked, groping, bent and ape-like. He is man -- the most interesting, exciting, promising creature that ever walked the earth. He's ahead of the primates. He can think. And with that extraordinary weapon, he wonders and tries to discover. From his hands come simple tools ... from his heart, a spirit of social behavior.
	DISCOVERY OF FIRE Time has passed -- a great deal of it. And with it, something remarkable has happened. How, we don't know, really. But it will make future civilization possible. Man has discovered fire! Things begin to change. Man's on the move to a better life. His cave is warmer now. He begins to cook his food. The flame becomes the symbol of the eternal hearth where man can come for heat and the warmth of fellowship.
	THE BEGINNING OF AGRICULTURE We're now in the past of ten-thousand years ago. Man is still living a nomadic existence. Slowly, a new idea swells in the corners of his mind. Then it happens! Man begins to plant crops. He waits. Then he harvests the fruits of his labor. And with that he visualizes the days ahead. He will store his surplus and secure himself from the danger of future starvation. Another triumph for man!
	THE FIRST CITY With the passage of years came the explosion of modern deeds ... wars, wealth, organized ways of life -- all marks of a rapidly expanding culture. Now man begins to live in large cities. People become busy ... competitive. They write, trade, build and fight, for wealth and power invite attacks. Ladders snap against high embattlements. Men pull themselves up them with fighting fury. Others rally to protect what is theirs. It's an age of battle.
	THE GRANDEUR OF ROME As man continues his long passage to civilization, we come to the grandeur of Rome ... a bringing together of many people in a powerful effort towards technology and culture. And all this is tightly secured by great organization. Out of it come many of today's methods of speech and laws. But a deeper endowment emerges from these years ... a new set of ethical values. The Apostles travel throughout the Roman Empire delivering the world of God. Christianity brings scope and dimension to man.
	CIVILIZATION IN PERIL Now it's 450 A.D. Decay is softening Rome. To the North, an ungodly, savage horde of a half million troops sweeps down led by Attila, The Hun. Swords slash, men clash. A grave conflict is on to save some fibers of the worn out Roman Empire. Attila is finally defeated. The threat is overcome. Man begins to rebuild what has been destroyed. It is a test of his courage and self-determination. But no one is giving up.
	THE BLACK DEATH It starts in Constantinople and spreads swiftly throughout Europe, seizing defenseless populations. People cough ... convulse. Their eyes sting and bulge. Their skins turn amber .. then black. And they fall. The plague spreads across crowded cities killing thousands upon thousands. No one knows why except that small creatures of some kind transmit this death. Even in these dire hours, though, people pull themselves together and fight back. Man realizes the need for protective measures.
	VOYAGE OF MAN'S MIND One danger to man's progress has always been lack of information ... or even worse, the complacency of wrong ideas. In the 15th century, he labors under many false beliefs. He thinks the earth is the center of our solar system. Scholars at Alexandria said so; Greek astronomers did, too. But then a young Polish monk, Copernicus, says no. It's the earth that revolves about the sun. Copernicus has pried open the medieval mind. Men begin to ask new questions. Old answers are thrown away. Scientific thought begins to grow.
	TAMING OF A CONTINENT The fringes of the new World began to expand. Man looked West, ever West, seeking new lands, new ways of life, new and better futures. As American pioneers cut paths over the Appalachians, they develop a tough, lean character. The inherited European culture is drastically modified in the ardent pursuit of the setting sun. The wilderness is not yet tamed. But the pioneers punch out a good victory.
	THE AMERICAN CRISIS A great conflict arises and bends the posture of our society. It's a time of war -- a Civil War. We are separated by different ideas -- a grave moral issue is at stake -- our nation is threatened -- our future is on the block. But the thunder dies ... the nation is reborn in a fresh light. We are one people under God ... moving ahead, united and free. Men are welded together, finding in unity there is strength.

More has been achieved during the past hundred years than in all the other ages combined. Man has taken great leaps in exploring the depth of inner space, seeking the basis of life itself. Now he explores outer space too, setting himself free from mother earth which has consumed his energies for almost two million years. He is setting his sights on new and more distant horizons ... preparing himself for new tests of courage, strength and ingenuity ... readying himself to meet the challenges of new worlds. He is on the verge of attaining new triumphs for man. Today man faces the same hazards that have confronted him for millions of years. He still battles with sickness and accident while at the same time he continues to search for security. For 100 years The Travelers has made it possible to overcome danger and insecurity, to rebuild, protect and plan ahead. Under The Travelers umbrella of insurance, man can safeguard his future while he enjoys today with peace of mind. This then is The Travelers contribution The Triumph of Man.

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