Phillipps, L. March (Lisle March), 1863-1917 · New York : H. Holt and Co. · leaf 152
er may think what he will about Doricarchitecture, but there is one fact about it which hecannot alter. As sure as one object on a table ismore conspicuous than one among fifty, as sure asa tree upon the hill-top stands out more clearly thanwhen nestling in the valley, as sure as horizontallines… … WHAT ART MEANT TO THE GREEKSwhich guide its every movement, so certain is itthat Doric architecture, having alone subscribed tothose laws and placed itself entirely under theirjurisdiction, is alone in the pleasure it affords to thefaculty of sight. Here, then, we find such a source as we are…
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