The Seven Lamps of Architecture
Ruskin's 1849 treatise setting out seven principles for architecture, including the Lamp of Memory on building for later generations.
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Identity of the text and the quoted sentence.
- Project Gutenberg: The Seven Lamps of Architecture
Contains 'let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for' in the Lamp of Memory, page 177 of the reproduced edition.
- Wikidata: The Seven Lamps of Architecture
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- The Gutenberg text reproduces an undated American edition; the 1849 date is that of first publication.
- No ISBN applies to the edition used. OpenLibrary was not searched.
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The essay quotes the Lamp of Memory: "let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for." The quotation is verbatim against the Gutenberg text.
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