The chief reason for regretting it is that taste is made to supersede benevolence.

The money that would save thousands from perishing or suffering must be applied to raise the Gothic edifice where their last prayer may be uttered.

Charity may be dead, while Art has glorified her.

This is worse than Catholicism, which cultivates heart and eye together.

The first cathedral was Truth, at the beginning of the fourth century, just as Christianity was exchanging a heavenly for an earthly crown.