Science and Expression 



symbolizes the lofty spirit of the builder who 

 was supported and consoled by a divine 

 philosophy. 



And in the Gothic glories of the Western 

 world, the upward flow of the lines ex- 

 uberantly rising skyward, to expend them- 

 selves in pinnacles like flames ascending to 

 heaven, whose sole function is to express 

 aspiration, reveals the adoration of the Saints 

 who reared their spires into the sky. 



" They dreamt not of a perishable home 

 Who thus could build." 



The type of architecture that is only 

 Science and not art is the Forth Bridge. It 

 will not stand up unless it is painted con- 

 tinually, but would soon rust away and 

 collapse. So some forty acres of iron have 

 to be kept continually painted. It is an 

 expression not even of utility, for it leads 

 only from Edinburgh to a few towns of very 

 moderate population. It cost three million 



