Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942, Hastings, Thomas, 1860-1929, Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946 · Chicago, Ill., Pub. for the Art Institute of Chicago by the University of Chicago Press · leaf 166
an be nothing that isnot new. Surely you would not condemn naturefor not being original because there is a certainsimilarity between the claw of a bird and thefoot of a dog, or between the wing of a bird andthe fin of a fish. The ensemble of each creatureis the natural result of successive stages… … CHURCH OF ST. ETIENNE DU MONT, PARIS MODERN ARCHITECTURE unity of the universe; and yet, notwithstandingthis unity, nature is flooded with an infinitevariety of forms and species of life. We must logically interpret the practical con-ditions before us, no matter what they are. Nowork to be done is…
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