Nathaniel Hawthorne Quote

If cities were built by the sound of music, then some edifices would appear to be constructed by grave, solemn tones,--others to have danced forth to light fantastic airs.


The Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Passages from the American notebooks (ed. 1900)


If cities were built by the sound of music, then some edifices would appear to be constructed by grave, solemn tones,--others to have danced forth to ...

If cities were built by the sound of music, then some edifices would appear to be constructed by grave, solemn tones,--others to have danced forth to ...

If cities were built by the sound of music, then some edifices would appear to be constructed by grave, solemn tones,--others to have danced forth to ...

If cities were built by the sound of music, then some edifices would appear to be constructed by grave, solemn tones,--others to have danced forth to ...