The Eighth Wonder of the world is not located in the Orient, in the Occident, nor at the North Pole,

but right in the city of New Orleans, in the prosperous State of Louisiana. It is not a temple that is dedicated to gods, but it is a mammoth, modern, up-to-date building, dedicated to the living and built by Negro brains and Negro capital. The name of this pretentious and magnificent structure is the Pythian Temple of New Orleans, La.” --Green Polonius Hamilton, 1911