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What Is Wanted In Architecture, As In So Many Things, Is A Man. ... One Suggestion Might Be Made-no Profession In England Has Done Its Duty Until It Has Furnished A Victim. ... Even Our Boasted Navy Never Achieved A Great Victory Until We Shot An Admiral. Suppose An Architect Were Hanged? Terror Has Its Inspiration, As Well As Competition.

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What Is Wanted In

Benjamin Disraeli

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What Is Wanted In Architecture, As In So Many Things, Is A Man. ... One Suggestion Might Be Made-no Profession In England Has Done Its Duty Until It Has Furnished A Victim. ... Even Our Boasted Navy Never Achieved A Great Victory Until We Shot An Admiral. Suppose An Architect Were Hanged? Terror Has Its Inspiration, As Well As Competition.

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