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 A man who could build a church, as one may say, by squinting at a 
sheet of paper.  
 A man who could build a church, as one may say, by squinting at a 
sheet of paper. 
 Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge
 Rose, like an exhalation.  
 Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge
 Rose, like an exhalation. 
 Ah, to build, to build!
 That is the noblest of all the arts.  
 Ah, to build, to build!
 That is the noblest of all the arts. 
I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.
I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.
 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down 
the middle wall of partition read more 
 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down 
the middle wall of partition between us; . . . 
 The architect
 Built his great heart into these sculptured stones,
  And with him toiled his children, and read more 
 The architect
 Built his great heart into these sculptured stones,
  And with him toiled his children, and their lives
   Were builded, with his own, into the walls,
    As offerings unto God. 
Architecture is the art of how to waste space.
Architecture is the art of how to waste space.
 Old houses mended,
 Cost little less than new, before they're ended.  
 Old houses mended,
 Cost little less than new, before they're ended. 
 No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung,
 Like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprung.
  Majestic silence.  
 No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung,
 Like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprung.
  Majestic silence.