Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"Fear God, and where you go men shall think they walk in hallowed cathedrals."
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Cathedrals
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"A Gothic cathedral affirms that it was done by us and not done by us."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Novelist
"The Christian faith is a grand cathedral with divinely pictured windows."
Philip Johnson
Architect
"I wish someone would ask me to design a cathedral."
Robert Hughes
Art Critic, Author
"It was a secular cathedral, dedicated to the rites of travel."
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