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A folding over? Why, that implies another dimen- 

 sion! The two halves of a leaf can be brought to- 

 gether only as one or the other is lifted out of the 

 plane of the leaf into a third dimension. So to bring 

 two buildings into superposition when they are alike 

 except for a reverse order of parts, would necessitate 

 a fourth dimension and a turning inside out. Quick 

 as the thought, the court you are in is that a 

 building inside out ! 



Ah! you know now wherefore that wonderful up- 

 lifting sensation that comes whenever you enter one 

 of these beautiful enclosures. You have passed into 

 the fourth dimension of spatial realisation. " Time 

 is past," you shout aloud, and laugh to find yourself 

 on the inside of externality. Cubism in architecture ! 

 Futurism, in very truth! 



You visit again the galleries of the New Art, in 

 earnest desire for enlightenment as to this thing 

 which is so near to consciousness and yet so far ! As 

 you gaze at the portrayal, strangely weird in form 

 and colour, you ask yourself, " Where have I felt 

 that, seen this, before ? " Immediately you are 

 transported in memory to the midst of a crowded 

 street. In the mad bustle and noise you are con- 

 scious only of mechanical power ; of speed always 

 of speed. Your voice far away " The child, oh, 

 the child!" A swooning sensation! Men's faces 

 as triangles, and horses with countless feet! The 

 chaos of primal forces about you then darkness ! 



