I Must Lay Down The Law As

Architecture Exhibits The Greatest Extent Of The Difference From Nature Which May Exist In Works Of Art. It Involves All The Powers Of Design, And Is Sculpture And Painting Inclusively. It Shows The Greatness Of Man, And Should At The Same Time Teach Him Humility.

The Three Great Ends Which A Statesman Ought To Propose To Himself In The Government Of A Nation Are, — 1. Security To Possessors; 2. Facility To Acquirers; And 3. Hope To All.

And They Three Passed Over The White Sands, Between The Rocks, Silent As The Shadows.

I Look'd To Heav'n, And Try'd To Pray; But Or Ever A Prayer Had Gusht, A Wicked Whisper Came And Made My Heart As Dry As Dust.

Perhaps 'tis Pretty To Force Together Thoughts So All Unlike Each Other; To Mutter And Mock A Broken Charm, To Dally With Wrong That Does No Harm.