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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.