Daniel H. Burnham, architect, planner of cities (1921)
Moore, Charles, 1855-1942, Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912 · Boston : Houghton Mifflin · leaf 170
irit, and in which the beauty of those new idealsof society which lie as yet vague and shapeless in the heart ofour democracy shall be embodied in forms of enduring delightand inspiration. But this is not for us. We are on the top of Pisgah; the prom-ised land lies before us, but we shall not go… … CHARLES ELIOT NORTON 1878 SATISFACTIONS IN CIVIC IMPROVEMENT 89 and strengthen them, that they may go over and inherit thegood land which we see beyond.^ These characteristic words of Mr. Norton, that pessimisticoptimist, written in 1898, are to be taken in view of what hashappened in the…
Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912 · City planning
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