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pure creation of the spirit which shows us, at certain heights, the summit of the creation to which man is capable of attaining. And man is conscious of great happiness when he feels that he is creating.

THE PARTHENON

The tympanum of the pediment is bare. The section of the cornice is as tight as an engineer’s outline.