The Architect (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Architect Who were the instruments of raising Rome and Athens from their Philistine rudeness to become the rival thrones of old-world classic glory? The architects. Brief life is here our portion, and with some of us time has already sped too far on for us to feel much ground for hope that in certain cities (which we love for auld lang sync, and which we forbear to name) we may live to see the. Philistine stone rolled away from the tomb wherein the deathless spirit which animates all nature - the spirit of the Beau tiful - imprisoned, awaits a glorious resurrection. Some of us have watched and waited for the dawn. At times we have seemed to see the clouds lift from the earth's verge, and the rosy prospect of a bright and glorious rising has been hinted to our weary eyes. The time is not yet, however. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.