 | John Ruskin - Architecture - 1849 - 306 pages
...held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say as they look upon the labour and wrought substance of them, " See ! this our fathers did for us." For, indeed, the greatest glory of a building is not in its stones, nor in its gold. Its glory is in... | |
 | John Ruskin - Architecture - 1857 - 234 pages
...thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when those Btoncs will be held sacred because our hands have touched...labor and wrought substance of them, " See ! this our lathers did for us." For, indee^ the greatest glory of a building is not in its stones, or in its gold.... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - Aesthetics - 1859 - 496 pages
...Therefore, when we build, let us think that we build (public editices) for ever. Let it not be for present delight, nor for present use alone ; let it...substance of them, " See ! this our fathers did for us." For, indeed, the greatest glory of a building is not in its stones, or in its gold. Its glory is in... | |
 | John Ruskin - Architecture - 1859 - 240 pages
...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...men will say as they look upon the labor and wrought uibstance of them, " See ! this our fathers did for us." For, indeedj the greatest glory of a building... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1859 - 504 pages
...alone; let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone 011 stone, that a time is to come when those stones will...substance of them, " See! this our fathers did for us." For, indeed, the greatest glory of a building is not in its stones, or in its gold. Its glory is in... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - Aesthetics - 1859 - 504 pages
...will be held sacred because our hands havo touched them, and that men will say as they look upon tha labor and wrought substance of them, " See ! this our fathers did for us." For, indeed, the greatest glory of a building is not in its stones, or in its gold. Its glory is in... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1866 - 456 pages
...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...men will say as they look upon the labor and wrought gubstance of them, " See ! this our fathers did for us." For, indeedj the greatest glory of a building... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - Aesthetics - 1867 - 502 pages
...present use alone ; let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lav stone on stone, that a time is to come when those...substance of them, " See ! this our fathers did for us." For, indeed, the greatest glory of a building is not in its stones, or in its gold. Its glory is in... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1868 - 506 pages
...held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say as they look upon the labour and wrought substance of them, " See ! this our fathers did for us." For, indeed, the greatest glory in a building is not in its stones, nor in its gold. Its glory is in... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1872 - 500 pages
...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 sacred because our...substance of them, " See ! this our fathers did for us." For, indeed, the greatest glory of a building is not in its stones, or in its gold. Its glory is in... | |
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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... 
