SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
A group of students studied the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. At the end of that section, the students were asked to list what they considered to be the Seven:
1. Suez Canal
2. Dneproges Dam on the Dnepr River (USSR)
3. Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell, England
4. Alaska (ALCAN) Highway
5. Golden Gate Bridge
6. Eiffel Tower
7. Empire State Building
While gathering the votes, the teacher noted that one student, a quiet girl, hadn’t turned in her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list.
The girl replied, “Yes, a little. I couldn’t quite make up my mind because there were so many!”
The teacher said, “Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can help.”
The girl hesitated, then read, “I think the Seven Wonders of the World are:
1. to touch
2. to taste,
3. to see
4. to hear.”
She hesitated a little, “and then
5. to run
6. to laugh, and
7. to love.”
It is far too easy for us to look at the exploits of man and refer to them as “wonders” while we overlook all God has done, regarding them as merely “ordinary.” May you be reminded today of those things which are truly wondrous.
— Author Unknown
NOTE: In case you were curious, here are the “SEVEN WONDERS LISTS”
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
1. Pyramids of Egypt at Giza
2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
3. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
4. Statue of Zeus at Olympia
5. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
6. Colossus of Rhodes
7. Lighthouse of Alexandia.
source: World Book Encyclopedia
Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages
1. Coliseum at Rome
2. Catacombs of Alexandria
3. Great Wall of China
4. Leaning Tower of Pisa
5. Porcelain Tower of Nanking
6. Mosque of St Sophia at Constantinople
7. Ruins of Stonehenge.
source: Five Thousand Facts and Fancies
Seven Wonders of the Natural or New World
1. Niagra Falls
2. Yellowstone Park
3. Garden of the Gods
4. Mammoth Cave
5. Yosemite Valley
6. Giant Trees
7. Natural Bridge
source: Five Thousand Facts and Fancies
Seven Natural Wonders of the World
1. Grand Canyon
2. Mount Everest
3. Ayers Rock
4. Matterhorn
5. Victoria Falls
6. Meteor Crater
7. Great Barrier Reef.
source: World Book Encyclopedia
Seven Wonders of the Modern World
1. Suez Canal
2. Dneproges Dam on the Dnepr River (USSR)
3. Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell, England
4. Alaska (ALCAN) Highway
5. Golden Gate Bridge
6. Eiffel Tower
7. Empire State Building
source: Redi-Reference
— doug