. Out-of-door memorials : mausoleums, tombs, headstones and all forms of mortuary BE DESIRED, AND YET THE MEMORIAL ANYTHINGBUT BEAUTIFUL, AND ALL BECAUSE THERE IS NOPROPER PROPORTION BETWEEN PART AND IS ONLY ONE CONCLUSION TO BE DRAWNFROM THIS, VIZ., A KNOWLEDGE OF PROPOR-. TIONAL FORM, OF ORNAMENT IN ITS RELATIONTO FORM, AND THE WHOLE IN ITS HARMONY WITHENVIRONMENT, IS INDISPENSABLE TO THE DE-SIGNER, NO MATTER HOW MODEST THE MEMORIALMAY BE, IF THE WISH IS TO HAVE A WORK OF ARTOF PERMANENT VALUE. IE QUESTION OF COST IS BY NO MEANS ADOMINANT FEATURE, THE CHIEF INTEREST,AS
. Out-of-door memorials : mausoleums, tombs, headstones and all forms of mortuary BE DESIRED, AND YET THE MEMORIAL ANYTHINGBUT BEAUTIFUL, AND ALL BECAUSE THERE IS NOPROPER PROPORTION BETWEEN PART AND IS ONLY ONE CONCLUSION TO BE DRAWNFROM THIS, VIZ., A KNOWLEDGE OF PROPOR-. TIONAL FORM, OF ORNAMENT IN ITS RELATIONTO FORM, AND THE WHOLE IN ITS HARMONY WITHENVIRONMENT, IS INDISPENSABLE TO THE DE-SIGNER, NO MATTER HOW MODEST THE MEMORIALMAY BE, IF THE WISH IS TO HAVE A WORK OF ARTOF PERMANENT VALUE. IE QUESTION OF COST IS BY NO MEANS ADOMINANT FEATURE, THE CHIEF INTEREST,AS SHOWN ABOVE, SHOULD BE IN THE DESIGN,
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