 | John Ruskin - 1887 - 764 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 use alone ; let it l>e such work as our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that... | |
 | 1889 - 934 pages
...Seauty. 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...descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as OCCUPATIONS - ARCHITECTURE. OCCUPATIONS-AUTHORSHIP. 297 •we lay stone on stone, that a time is to... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 724 pages
...Ch. 6. 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 be such work as our descendants will thank us'for; and let us think, as we lay stone ou stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1894 - 312 pages
...thought from Ruskin : " As we build let us realize that we are building forever. Let it not be for the present delight, nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our pupils will, in after years, thank us for, instead of finding fault with us for, and let us realize,... | |
 | Alexander Lawson - 1896 - 118 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 use alone ; let it be such as our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time is to... | |
 | 1901 - 686 pages
...whose majesty we may not measure by this test. Therefore, when we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight, nor for...our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, ns we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be held sacred because our... | |
 | Alfred William Stephens Cross - 1906 - 358 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...stone on stone, that a time is to come when those who follow us will say, as they look upon the labour and wrought substance of them, See ! this our... | |
 | David James Burrell - 1908 - 296 pages
...Ruskin, ' ' let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for the present delight, not for the present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants...for. And let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that the time is coming when those stones will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1908 - 372 pages
...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 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... | |
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... we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, "See! this our fathers did for us. 
