The mighty and supreme Jesus, who was to transfigure all humanity by his divine wit and grace-this Jesus has flown.

Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches.

America is supposed to be given over to ugliness. There are a good many ugly things there and the ugliest are the most pretentious.

Ancient history, besides the still unequalled excellence of the writers, is the best instrument for cultivating the historical sense.

Rich by nature, poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door.

Yet for my part, deeply as I am moved by the religious architecture of the Middle Ages, I cannot honestly say that I ever felt the slightest emotion in any modern Gothic church.

The insular arrogance of the English character is a commonplace joke.