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" Therefore, when we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight, nor for present use alone; let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when... "
Notes on the Plan of Franklin Park and Related Matters - Page 111
by Boston (Mass.). Dept. of Parks - 1886 - 115 pages
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The Seven Lamps of Architecture

John Ruskin - 1849 - 306 pages
...majesty we may not measure by this test. Therefore, when we build, let us think that we build for ever. Let it not be for present delight, nor for present...our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be held sacred because our...
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The True and the Beautiful in Nature, Art, Morals, and Religion: Selected ...

John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1859 - 504 pages
...measure by this test. Therefore, when we build, let us think that we build (public edifices) for ever. Let it not be for present delight, nor for present...our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lav stone on stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be held sacred because our...
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The seven lamps of architecture

John Ruskin - 1866 - 456 pages
...majesty we may not measure by this test. Therefore, when we build, let us think that we build for ever. Let it not be for present delight, nor for present...our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be held sacred because our...
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Selections from the Writings of John Ruskin

John Ruskin - 1868 - 506 pages
...majesty we may not measure by this test. Therefore, when we build, let us think that we build for ever. Let it not be for present delight, nor for present...our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be held sacred because our...
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The True and the Beautiful in Nature, Art, Morals, and Religion

John Ruskin - 1872 - 500 pages
...measure by this test. Therefore, when we build, let us think that we build (public edifices) for ever, Let it not be for present delight, nor for present...our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lav stone on stone, that a time is to come THE LAMP OF OBEDIENCE. when those stones will be held...
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The True and the Beautiful in Nature, Art, Morals, and Religion: Selected ...

John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1872 - 500 pages
...measure by this test. Therefore, when we build, let us think that we build (public ediiices) for ever. Let it not be for present delight, nor for present...our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lav stone on stone, that a time is to coma when those stones will be held sacred because our...
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Notes by Mr. Ruskin on Samuel Prout and William Hunt: An Illustration of a ...

John Ruskin - 1880 - 124 pages
...Therefore, when we build, let us think that we build for ever. Let it not be for present delight, noi for present use alone ; let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be held sacred because our...
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The Cyclopædia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin, with an Appendix ...

Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 pages
...edifices) for ever. Let it not be for the present delight, nor for present иве alone, let it bo TON — What Will Ik Du With It ? Bk. П. Ch. XV. Whose youth has a» OCCUPATIONS -AUTHORSHIP. 297 те lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when those stones...
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The Cyclopædia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin, with an Appendix ...

1882 - 1434 pages
...edifices) for ever. Let it not be for the present delight, nor for present use alone, let it be sui.-h work as our descendants will thank us for, and let us. think, u» OCCUPATIONS ARCHITECTURE. OCCUPATIONS -AUTHORSHIP. 297 we lay stone on stone, tbnt a time is to...
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Gems for the Fireside: Comprising the Most Unique, Touching, Pithy, and ...

Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 pages
...(Bryant. When we build, let us think that we build (public edifices) for ever. Let it not be for the present delight, nor for present use alone, let it...our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be held sacred because our...
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