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"Every fine art is the art of so treating objects as to give them a moral significance; and unless the architect can stamp both feeling and imagination, as well as utility, upon his work, he cannot truly be called an architect."

"To desire to surround ourselves with such sources of enjoyment, rather than to be content with mere utility, is only to acknowledge the existence of a sentiment which, next to the religious one, is the purest and noblest part of our nature."

"When have you heard, most gracious Emperor, that laymen gave judgement concerning a bishop in a matter of faith? ... If a bishop is to be taught by a layman, what will follow?" -St. Ambrose

I said I wasn't going to read this book, but the book I wanted at the library needed to be delivered from another branch, so... we'll see what I was going to miss out on, for now. I don't expect to finish this one.