. The imperial island; England's chronicle in stone;. o Q X D < W ST. PAULS. 141 things he erred, yet he proved to be, as a man and an architect,one of the noblest produced by his country, and his triumphafter long struggles was deservedly such as few men February 25, 1723, his wonderfully busy, well-spent lifeclosed peacefully at the great age of ninety-one, and withsplendid ceremonies he was laid beneath the mighty domecreated by his genius, — non sibi, sed bono publico, as thetruth is inscribed upon his work. The long familiar wordsthat afterwards were placed on a memorial ston
. The imperial island; England's chronicle in stone;. o Q X D < W ST. PAULS. 141 things he erred, yet he proved to be, as a man and an architect,one of the noblest produced by his country, and his triumphafter long struggles was deservedly such as few men February 25, 1723, his wonderfully busy, well-spent lifeclosed peacefully at the great age of ninety-one, and withsplendid ceremonies he was laid beneath the mighty domecreated by his genius, — non sibi, sed bono publico, as thetruth is inscribed upon his work. The long familiar wordsthat afterwards were placed on a memorial stone, express thethought of him that will occur*to visitors while the grand tem-ple stands : Si monumentum requiris, circumspice. The position of St. Pauls is noble and appropriate, and hassufficient elevation to give due prominence to the chief churchof a mighty city, from the very heart of which the vastform rises amid the people in their daily life ; not their foolscap, as Byron styled the dome, but the crown of their glory,towering from busy Lond
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