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‘-the horrible doctrine that this universe is a Cockney / Nightmare-which no creature ought for a moment to believe or listen / to. '-THOMAS CARLYLE.
THE word Architecture has, I suppose, to most of you the meaning of the / art of building nobly and ornamentally. Now I believe the practice of / this art to be one of the most important things which man can turn his / hand to, and the consideration of it to be worth the attention of serious / people, not for an hour only, but for a good part of their lives, even / though they may not have to do with it professionally.