Morris, William: Gothic architecture: a lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society ; [in the year 1889] (Hammersmith, 1893)

meet) is the crown of its beauties, Building
the abiding place of its brain and cli/

[GAIN, consider theex/ mate


m terior of our buildings,

that part of them that is
common to all passers/

by, and that no man can turn into
private property unless he builds
amidst an inaccessible park* The
original of our neo/classic architect
ture was designed for marble in
a bright dry climate, which only
weathers it to a golden tone* Do
we really like a neo/classic build-'
mg weather/beaten by the rough-'
ness of hundreds of English win/
ters from October to June? And on
the other hand, can any of us fail
tobetouchedby the weathered sur/

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